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[–] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Let me spell this out for you.

Discount on self-checkout passes.

Stores raise prices so that the price after the discount is the same as it was before.

Consumers continue to pay the prices they've been paying.

'Discount' evaporates into the aether.