Enforcement systems like this stress me out because I hate being policed. It’s much better to have the routine of a cashier or a turnstile than to be randomly inspected and assumed guilty until proven innocent.
"It's unclear why the platform now demands seven and exactly seven items—no more, no fewer"<p>If this is not made up, I imagine I know why.<p>The last time I was looking for work, I happened on an ad for programmers to work for a regional convenience store chain. It said under qualifications that the job required a <i>maximum</i> of something like 2 years experience. They probably had more experienced programmers that quit or were laid off.<p>Not that Giant built their own scanner system, but most businesses have been run like Boeing for a while now, and luckily they don't all build passenger jets.