• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    The state of people blindly using apps for everything is atrocious.

    “But it saves me a 1USD on my fast food burger!”

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      7 months ago

      Fast food charges you around double if you don’t use the app. I think it’s mostly about tiered pricing. They want the money from those willing to pay $15 for a burger AND they still want the money from people who won’t pay more than $10. This way they get both.

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        7 months ago

        Fast food charges you around double if you don’t use the app.

        In the US, I guess? Not where I come from

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          7 months ago

          In Italy it’s also like this

          You literally pay double the price if you order without using the coupons found in the app for McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC

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        7 months ago

        Makes sense. I don’t eat fast food, so I didn’t know. But no way am I installing apps for… basically any commercial thing.

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          7 months ago

          Same here, but I do eat fast food on occasion. Their small discounts are not worth enough to compromise my phone’s integrity and my privacy.

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            7 months ago

            Wendy's order through app showing around a 45% discount.

            It’s not a small discount. Of course just using the app isn’t the only hoop. You also have to order correctly to maximize the discount.

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          7 months ago

          Those kind of apps have a special place on my phone: petercxy’s shelter (don’t install it from play store because in order to meet the Google requirements it has been nerfed). Apps installed there use a dedicated throwaway Google account and are completely disabled with a toggle on my launcher. (Lawnchair 2 has a toggle in the drawer for it)

          If an app is installed in shelter it’s on a completely separate partition and can’t access any file or photo on your main one. And once you quit, they are all disabled like if the phone is turned off

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        7 months ago

        It’s just an incentive to install the app, the amount of data being harvested and sold/traded is basically the new economy.

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          7 months ago

          You could as much harvest more data from a browser honestly. Most apps are sandboxed, a browser shares its cookies.

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            7 months ago

            Phone apps have access to significantly more data than a browser does, especially when people haphazardly agree to any and all permissions.

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              7 months ago

              If you believe that’s really true I’m probably not the one to change your mind.

              Browsers usually don’t even ask for any permissions, where iOS and Android apps do, and explicitly state what data they’ll steal.

              It’s much easier to fingerprint your behavior when using the web than it is when using apps.

              Unless you’re only talking about “the wrong kind of apps” but then I could continue about “the wrong kind of websites”.

              But hey, you do you. Happy tracking.

              Edit: I feel sad that sites like The Verge et al. trick people who want to learn in those kind of directions. They’re writers, not tech people. They earn from ads! Don’t listen to them.

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                7 months ago

                Yes, I’m comparing the threat level based on the maximum potential akin to the likes of “those apps”. Permissions are straightforward and will protect users just like ad blockers, decentralized static frameworks (JavaScript/CSS/fonts), and clearing cookies. But on average users are not well informed and aren’t considering permissions, add-ons, or even which browser or app they use so I compare based on the potential threat level.

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      McDonald’s charges a lot more without the app tho

      fun fact: McDonald’s app has tighter “security” than my bank app and won’t even work on rooted devices

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        I can’t believe that there’s a whole generation of people who voluntarily installed a McDonald’s app. I guess marketing works…

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          7 months ago

          When they introduced the app back in December 2016, they gave you a free burger/fish filet. Me and my college roommate took advantage of this and made accounts with sharklasers.com emails. We got 3 free burgers a day just by driving to the closest McDonald’s, down the road 10 mins to the next one, then back.

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        7 months ago

        LOL! Glad I’m not the only one who thinks the Mickie app is locked down

        McDonalds needs updates more often than my credit card app…

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        7 months ago

        It absolutely will work on a rooted device. Mine is rooted and it works fine. Also, in my experience (maybe this is just in my area) outside of the points perk, prices are the same between the app and physically at the store as I have checked out of curiosity.

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          there are bundles and deals which are only available in the app, usually you can save like 50% with them
          depends on the region i guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

          e.g. I could either get a big mac for like 22zl? or big mac + medium fries + any sauce for 16zl, or a cheeseburger for 30% of it’s price + 300 points (which you literally get back, exact amount for your order)