WHY has this not been fixed yet given the number of threads complaining about this "feature?" This has absolutely crashed the efficiency of our checkout experience, annoying both customers and staff. It needs to be removed or at least made an opt-in....

Nope. As you will notice, no replies to this thread either. They know it’s an issue and can’t resolve it — my guess. If so, create a USB/LAN device and give credit to existing users of Bluetooth devices toward the new ones. 

I am so close to dumping Shopify POS over its constant connective issues with peripheral devices (Chipper card reader and Socket S700 barcode scanner, specifically). At least once every three days, one of these devices is simply forgotten by the POS....