I’m half afraid of it because automation and the death of “unskilled” labor.

I use it anyway though. I didn’t for many years, but they slowly started closing manned lanes. After Covid they closed them entirely in my local Walmart a few hours before the store closed (when I was passing through).

I had finally accepted that clerks just weren’t going to be a thing anymore and then they suddenly did an about face because of theft. That’s what they told me anyway. They now close the self checkout and open a few manned lanes instead a few hours before closing.