Amazon ivule isitolo sayo sokuqala esingenamali ngoDisemba 2016, esivumela abathengi ukuthi bangene esitolo ngokuskena ibhakhodi kuhlelo lwayo lwe-smartphone. Ukusuka lapho, i-Amazon ilandelela i-shopper njengoba ihamba esitolo futhi ifaka ama-invoyisi izinto ezizisusa emashalofini ziqonde ngqo ku-invoyisi eziyiskene, idlula isidingo sokuphuma noma sokuphuma. I-Amazon Go njengamanje inezitolo ezingama-21 ezindaweni ezine: iNew York, Chicago, San Francisco, naseSeattle. 
Isitolo sakwaSeattle kubikwa ukuthi sihlaselwe ababhikishi abahlasele isiphithiphithi esidalwe yimibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter ebigubuzele i-US kulandela ukubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd ngamaphoyisa. Okuthunyelwe kweReddit kuthi isitolo sase-Amazon sihlaselwe ababhikishi abathathe izinto eziningi. Kepha kwavela ukuthi uhlelo lokuskena olufakwe esitolo lwalungeyona eyokuthwebula ama-barcode kuphela.
Ababhikishi kubikwa ukuthi bakhokhiswe ngokuzenzakalela ngezinto abazitapile. Ayikho imininingwane kulo mbiko engenza leli hlaya libe sengozini. Njengoba ababhikishi kungenzeka badlule isici sokuskena ikhodi se-QR sohlelo lwabo lokusebenza lwe-Amazon ngokweqa isithiyo, asikwazi ukuthola ukuthi bakhokhiswa kanjani ngokuzenzakalela. Cha, ubuchwepheshe abukasetshenziswa kulelo banga ngalesi sikhathi.
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