But how many would need to do that to make enough lost sales to make these companies budge? right now the number of angry customers leaving items in the checkout area at heb, walmart, Lowes or Home Depot due to the lack of contactless is still very tiny compared to how many still shop at those places regardless.
At least for Lowe's and HD, I don't think people are going to hardware stores that often most of the time (whereas somewhere like Kroger or Safeway is a lot more commonly visited and thus could see more benefits from contactless).