Loyalty cards and apps are awful. They're just a way for companies collect our data and 'segment' pricing aka discrimination which muddies those 'pricing signal

Loyalty cards and apps are awful. They're just a way for companies collect our data and 'segment' pricing aka discrimination which muddies those 'pricing signal' things hardcore capitalists like to mention when they talk about free market efficiency. To get the normal price now you have no choice but to hand over your data and dignity. These mechanisms should be banned.