Silicon Valley often pisses the internet off, and this week is no exception. After last month’s Google diversity memo scandal, and the Uber management hubbub that made waves this past June, it’s no secret that the tech industry has plenty of issues with diversity, gender disparities, and broader political correctness. But the most recent outrage centers around two ex-Googlers who are attempting to render bodegas obsolete through glorified vending machines: users would download an app, find a Bodega box nearby (stocked with household essentials, food products, and the like), enter the box’s number into the app, and take out the goods they want to purchase with cameras tracking the purchase and automatically charging the customer.
The Internet exploded with outrage, as it is wont to do.
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