If you only use the app how would you know? What happens when they take the menu board away and force you to use their app. How would you know then?
Maybe you really are getting %15 off on your french fries today, but you'll pay for those fries again and again every time they (or someone else) uses the data they collected against you. That data never goes away. It'll be used against you for the rest of your life. They only collect it in the first place because they know that it'll let them take more of your money from you. What a short term/short sighted "deal".
Similarly, I was shocked when I used a logged out browser in Incognito mode and found that prices on Amazon were always a couple of dollars cheaper than what I was being presented as a Prime Member when logged in. So much for "free Prime shipping".
My collective action was, they got too expensive, so I stopped even considering them. I can go sit down at a dive bar and get served better for food the same price.
Because databases aren't a thing right? And all that matters is the tendency to integrate large fatasets right now; which is where these systems become increasingly insidious.
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"You might end up being charged more for the same items than they're charging the person who pulls in after you."
That is exactly what happens if you don't use the app.
Another PSA:
Junk foods like McD’s slowly destroys your health.
When possible avoid encouraging others to support companies like McD’s who are a net negative for the world. [0]
[0] https://act.greenpeace.org.au/mcdonalds
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If you only use the app how would you know? What happens when they take the menu board away and force you to use their app. How would you know then?
Maybe you really are getting %15 off on your french fries today, but you'll pay for those fries again and again every time they (or someone else) uses the data they collected against you. That data never goes away. It'll be used against you for the rest of your life. They only collect it in the first place because they know that it'll let them take more of your money from you. What a short term/short sighted "deal".
Similarly, I was shocked when I used a logged out browser in Incognito mode and found that prices on Amazon were always a couple of dollars cheaper than what I was being presented as a Prime Member when logged in. So much for "free Prime shipping".
Hotels and plane tickets can cost more if you're using a mac too. They figure if you can pay for an overpriced PC you can pay for an overpriced trip. https://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2012/06/26...
Even if you're right, this is a collective action problem. My actions alone will not affect whether they switch to 100% personalized pricing.
Our actions together will, so let's act together to reject discriminatory pricing and invasive surveillance where we can, for as long as we still can.
My collective action was, they got too expensive, so I stopped even considering them. I can go sit down at a dive bar and get served better for food the same price.
Correct, but your action exacerbates the situation since you are encouraging others to sign up to the app to save some money on junk food.
Data rots and everything is lost eventually. It is not forever.
Because databases aren't a thing right? And all that matters is the tendency to integrate large fatasets right now; which is where these systems become increasingly insidious.