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millstone on July 28, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout T...

What level of shoplifting do the Amazon Go stores encounter? A lot less I would guess.

Napster was "overcut" by the iTunes Music Store, and then streaming finished off music piracy. You really can combat stealing through better purchasing experiences.

nfoz on July 28, 2019 [–]

Napster was shutdown for copyright infringement in 2001.

The iTunes Music Store opened in 2003.

The convenient-online-store model only succeeded because of the success of the legal attacks against file-sharing.

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