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So just slip them a little personal data and they’ll knock a few bucks off. Feels…dystopian.

by moate 3y ago

frognumber 3y ago
A lot of personal data. Their app is super-sketchy in terms of permissions.
- tzs 3y ago
  On my iPhone the only permissions it has are to use my location while I'm using the app and to use cellular data. It also has whatever random looking @privaterelay.appleid.com Apple made when I used "Sign in with Apple" to create my McD account.
  - frognumber 3y ago
    Nice. I installed it on my Android, and permissions were such that I uninstalled it immediately. As a footnote, I don't want apps knowing my location either. What I'd most like is an Android phone which can decide when to give apps null / blank / fake information. My location should be north pole, with an error the size of the circumference of the earth. My contacts should be blank, as should my media. If the app wants to add contacts or media, they live in the app's silo.
sphars 3y ago
This is how I feel about my Kroger account. Hate that I have to give up privacy to save on groceries
- devilbunny 3y ago
  Just listen carefully to the next old lady in front of you in line. She won't type her phone number in, she will tell it to the cashier. Boom, now you have a Kroger card.
- jfim 3y ago
  You can always put (local area code) 867-5309, as long as you don't care about accumulating grocery points.
me_me_me 3y ago
nah the idea is that people who want to pay less will jump few hoops and get the cheaper deal People who dont care will pay the higher price because they dont care. They must be making enough money of the people who dont care, to make up for the loss of people who will pick other service
- moate 3y ago
  Why would it be that way and not "we will charge you more for the privilege of not tracking anything about you as a consumer since that data can be sold to aggregator companies"? Both feel equally reasonable to me.
  - me_me_me 3y ago
    But it is what you are saying, you pay the 'normal' prices with cash for not being tracked. Otherwise you use loyalty cards to fish for discounts and being tracked

So just slip them a little personal data and they’ll knock a few bucks off. Feels…dystopian.

by moate 3y ago

So just slip them a little personal data and they’ll knock a few bucks off. Feels…dystopian.

frognumber 3y ago

A lot of personal data. Their app is super-sketchy in terms of permissions.

tzs 3y ago
On my iPhone the only permissions it has are to use my location while I'm using the app and to use cellular data. It also has whatever random looking @privaterelay.appleid.com Apple made when I used "Sign in with Apple" to create my McD account.
- frognumber 3y ago
  Nice. I installed it on my Android, and permissions were such that I uninstalled it immediately. As a footnote, I don't want apps knowing my location either. What I'd most like is an Android phone which can decide when to give apps null / blank / fake information. My location should be north pole, with an error the size of the circumference of the earth. My contacts should be blank, as should my media. If the app wants to add contacts or media, they live in the app's silo.

sphars 3y ago

This is how I feel about my Kroger account. Hate that I have to give up privacy to save on groceries

devilbunny 3y ago
Just listen carefully to the next old lady in front of you in line. She won't type her phone number in, she will tell it to the cashier. Boom, now you have a Kroger card.
jfim 3y ago
You can always put (local area code) 867-5309, as long as you don't care about accumulating grocery points.

me_me_me 3y ago

nah the idea is that people who want to pay less will jump few hoops and get the cheaper deal People who dont care will pay the higher price because they dont care. They must be making enough money of the people who dont care, to make up for the loss of people who will pick other service

moate 3y ago
Why would it be that way and not "we will charge you more for the privilege of not tracking anything about you as a consumer since that data can be sold to aggregator companies"? Both feel equally reasonable to me.
- me_me_me 3y ago
  But it is what you are saying, you pay the 'normal' prices with cash for not being tracked. Otherwise you use loyalty cards to fish for discounts and being tracked