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If big tech corporations (the richest companies on Earth, by far, by the way) value these works enough to use them as part of their AI training datasets, then maybe, just maybe, they should value the creators enough to pay them what they are owed for the rights to use the data.

Copyright law was made by those in power to protect the idea of intellectual property, but clearly they are willing to ignore their own rules at the first convenience.

Yep, exactly my experience at basically all the grocery stores near me.

Self-checkout used to be quick and easy, now it's just an exercise in patience and being treated like a crook.

I prefer self-checkout. I'm fast and I don't really like small talk.

What really sucks is that modern self-checkout requires so much babysitting and cashier assistance, because they assume everyone is a criminal. The supermarket has become the panopticon.