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It's not tech related. Previously, they all did this with various cards. People were walking around with a giant stack of loyalty or store credit cards in their
by nitwit005 1y ago
It's not tech related. Previously, they all did this with various cards. People were walking around with a giant stack of loyalty or store credit cards in their wallet with a rubber band wrapped around it.
There is a store I shop at where every purchase, they ask every single customer if they "have a phone number with them", which they can type in on the point of sale device. I've waited behind people trying to remember their old phone number.
- 1718627440 1y agoThat didn't come with all the tracking and privacy implementations though.
- nitwit005 1y agoBut of course they do. A big part of those schemes is to track all people's purchases. They also sold that data.
- 1718627440 1y agoA paper card with a stamp doesn't even have a name on it and the only copy of it existing is owned by the costumer. The only information e.g. the baker has is what names he has in brain.
- nitwit005 1y agoThe cards I was referring to were plastic cards with magnetic strips.