<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>inkaudio</author><text>There are number of tech companies directly competing in this space:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;standard.ai&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;standard.ai&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;grabango.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;grabango.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.getzippin.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.getzippin.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.v7labs.com&amp;#x2F;retail&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.v7labs.com&amp;#x2F;retail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.getzippin.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.getzippin.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are competitive options, if you’re in retail you do not have to give Amazon all your “retail data” or use their tech.</text><parent_chain><item><author>boublepop</author><text>Aaaand there’s the play. Amazon wasn’t trying to compete with other retails stores by leveraging their tech edge, they were positioning themselves to becoming the single provider of retail checkout solutions for the future. You either opt-in to giving Amazon all your retail data, or you become the only old fashioned “wait in line to get served” store on the street.&lt;p&gt;And where is the competition? Is there anyone at all who can provide something like this?</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>“Just walk out” technology by Amazon</title><url>https://justwalkout.com/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>milofeynman</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s interesting that they rolled this out as a thing, but didn&amp;#x27;t start retrofitting all of their Whole Foods with it. Does it have problems with grocery stores? How does it handle fruits by weight, etc.</text><parent_chain><item><author>boublepop</author><text>Aaaand there’s the play. Amazon wasn’t trying to compete with other retails stores by leveraging their tech edge, they were positioning themselves to becoming the single provider of retail checkout solutions for the future. You either opt-in to giving Amazon all your retail data, or you become the only old fashioned “wait in line to get served” store on the street.&lt;p&gt;And where is the competition? Is there anyone at all who can provide something like this?</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>“Just walk out” technology by Amazon</title><url>https://justwalkout.com/</url></story>