These were 2 for $1 a few years ago. The only way to do McD for cheap now is to order in the app, they always have coupons and bogo deals. I was against these apps for privacy reasons for a long time but the upside is not having to hand your card to a random McD worker and worry about it getting skimmed. Also if you drive thru you just tell them your name or order number and that’s it.
This was their intention. Artificially force you to think you HAVE to use the apps. Then in the apps these companies collect all your data and also you waive lots of potential rights like forced arbitration.
You know, this simple and concise answer sums up the argument pretty well.
It’s borderline extortion to raise prices on you unless you’re using the app, but what if the app selling your data enables the food to be cheap?
Is the data you are protecting, which is essentially just information about what you do and where you go with your phone, worth selling for an occasional free burger?
Do you live in a socioeconomic group that allows you to pay premium to keep your data private? That’s essentially what this has become. Either you let this corporation sell your data for a free burger or you pay full price for their menu.
Frankly, from the bigger perspective, it’s more than a lot of apps will give you for your data anyway.
These were 2 for $1 a few years ago. The only way to do McD for cheap now is to order in the app, they always have coupons and bogo deals. I was against these apps for privacy reasons for a long time but the upside is not having to hand your card to a random McD worker and worry about it getting skimmed. Also if you drive thru you just tell them your name or order number and that’s it.
This was their intention. Artificially force you to think you HAVE to use the apps. Then in the apps these companies collect all your data and also you waive lots of potential rights like forced arbitration.
Ya but free burger
You know, this simple and concise answer sums up the argument pretty well.
It’s borderline extortion to raise prices on you unless you’re using the app, but what if the app selling your data enables the food to be cheap?
Is the data you are protecting, which is essentially just information about what you do and where you go with your phone, worth selling for an occasional free burger?
Do you live in a socioeconomic group that allows you to pay premium to keep your data private? That’s essentially what this has become. Either you let this corporation sell your data for a free burger or you pay full price for their menu.
Frankly, from the bigger perspective, it’s more than a lot of apps will give you for your data anyway.