News
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
view the rest of the comments
Scrolled through for a while and didn't see anyone complaining about ditching coupons for their app bullshit. I'm not using an app for fast food
But how else are they going to complete their digital transformation and leverage their industry-leading customer volume to deliver high-quality consumer data and drive growth for shareholders? Why don't you care about the shareholders?!
Eh, I'm okay with an app as long as it's good.
The McDonald's app is not good. At all. In the slightest. It won't even let me login 99% of the time.
I think they did something to throttle user access. I was using it once 3-4 times a week. Either just the Friday fries or a drink for $1. Now I can’t log in anymore. Seems to me like they wanted to stop people from using it.
If the same experience can be made using a website, then an app is not needed.
They only push the app because they "need" to be able to send you notification and sell the data they gather about you.
For that to happen, the app needs to actually work. Otherwise, it's not staying on my phone.
it's literally one of the worst experiences of any app. it's SLOW as fuck, barely responds when you touch stuff, took weeks to get logged back in like you said you had issues with. some of the deals are ok, you can get chicken sandwich combo sometimes for like $6, but that's about it. their chicken sands aren't bad.
Here's the problem. How to get the average person to think far enough into the future to understand why the data collection is almost always a bad thing for them.
In most cases it will save you in the long run to avoid the app discounts than to use them.
I'm currently waffling on whether or not to use my bank account info with the app for a small gas station chain. It would get me a $0.10 discount per gallon, but I'd have to use the app at the pump. I get that they'd save fees with credit card processors so that's why they're offering it, but using a credit card is so much less effort and doesn't require me to keep yet another app on my phone.
I find with a lot of apps like that they're glorified web browsers, which means that most of the time you can just use their mobile site. One less app collecting data, draining battery etc
I still get cheap coffee there. The other day, the drive through person asked if I have installed the app yet. I awkwardly replied "no". It was a hard push.
Get a Costco membership then get gas at Costco with the Costco Visa. Sure, they know everything about you, but at least it's a single company and you're not giving them direct access to your actual bank account.
I drove all the way from Chicagoland to around Pensacola and back, only got gas at Costcos along the way. Saved probably $20 just in price difference between Costco and other nearby stations, while also earning 4% back on the Visa.
My nearest Costco is 50 miles away.
Well then you'll see those savings more often!
there's like 10 around me (washington DC) within 20 miles, but the amount of shoppers, it's insane and more headache sometimes. bj's is a good alternative if they're around you.
Costco only has their gas stations open during the day, and I rarely have the time to waste a half hour getting a tank.