Gee, it’s almost like corporations are gouging consumers so badly that their market advantages are being lost due to greed. Inflation this quickly isnt real. It’s what happens when you come off a global pandemic with millions dead and corporations see they can freely abuse you by exploiting the public zeitgeist that prices are going up due to inflation.
Fries from fast casual local joint: $3.99.
Fries from McDonald’s: 4.39
Local joint fills the bag like Five Guys. McDonald’s barely has fries in the fries sleeve.
It’s just not worth going there unless I use the app and that’s only for when it’s got one person.
You look at the privacy policy or app permissions for the McDonalds app? The thing is datamining your life.
Also waive your rights to class action law suit against McDonald’s
Have you looked at the privacy policy and permissions? They’re pretty tame and about what you’d expect for any app that handles purchases: https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.mcdonalds.app
Personal info - Name, Email address, User IDs, and Address
Financial info - User payment info and Purchase history
Messages - Emails and Other in-app messages
App activity - App interactions, In-app search history, and Other actions
App info and performance - Crash logs, Diagnostics, and Other app performance data
Look at permissions.
Now look at the data safety thing:
Personally though I think you could argue the ‘data safety’ screen is fraudulent- it mentions nothing about collecting location information, so why does the app need location info? Even if they are just collecting which mcdonalds you are near, that’s collecting location info.
Then you have the issue of the terms of service. As others have mentioned, if you agree to those terms, you waive your right to participate in any class action lawsuit against McDonalds. And even if you ignore this data collection issue, that right there should be a big reason to say HELL NO to this.
True, but on Android you can turn permissions off.
True, but you’re still agreeing to the ToS that waives your right to sue the company. Can’t turn that off.
Not all of them. Phone ID for example, I think phone number also, and unless you force it to sleep whenever not using it, it can collect your IP address when at home on Wi-Fi which can be used to locate you.
Not since android 10 (maybe 8?). To access WiFi network info or information about the connected cell tower requires the location permission. Also the device id is unique to each app. So app A and app B on your device will see different device ids. Deleting and reinstalling the app will not generate a new device id, however.
They’ve been huffing their own farts. They’ve used ad placement about having legendary fries for so long that they actually believe it. Last time I had McDonald’s french fries about 5 years ago they tasted like shredded and compressed napkins, smothered with salt. No thanks, at any price.