Until capitalism degraded into something like “it is cheaper to hire part time worker to do the job manually than to buy the machine that automate work”
In some developing country, vending machine is still rare. Guess what ? A clerk sell stuff directly to customers on street have better profit margins than investing and maintaining a vending machine.
Then why people are not doing that anymore?
I guess profit doesn’t look good.
There are a few startups trying to bring it back with modern tech. Saw a YouTube video about one of them.
Until capitalism degraded into something like “it is cheaper to hire part time worker to do the job manually than to buy the machine that automate work”
In some developing country, vending machine is still rare. Guess what ? A clerk sell stuff directly to customers on street have better profit margins than investing and maintaining a vending machine.