I'm in a promo loyalty program to receive text messages and to read their message, I need to download their app

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19 Comments

Limonene@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Downloading any retail or food company's app is a bad idea. It will violate your privacy, and give you little to no benefits.

I really hate when companies demand that you sign in to their website to communicate with them, when they could have just used email. Especially if they refer to their proprietary website as "email" when it clearly isn't, and especially when it's an app instead of a website.

njordomir@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Yeah, I feel like the only person in my life who doesn't have Chipotle, ChickFilA, McDonalds, Starbucks and a bunch of other apps on my phone. Worse yet, I walk in and order at the counter like I'm living in the distant past. :-)

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 2y

Sometimes I even pay with cash.

The_v@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Them "Just order on the Kiosk"

You mean the thing that takes 20x longer to order and tosses all sorts of bullshit ads at me?

Me "No."

njordomir@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

At least you can count on the guy making minimum wage to not upsell you.

subignition@fedia.io · 22 pts · 2y (2 replies)

FYI, you probably want to make sure to use a solid pen instead of a highlighter next time you censor information. It's probably not super impactful in this case because it's from a SMS service, but the phone number at the top of the image is plainly legible.

Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Also don't use the tools in the built in image markup for censoring information, as they can sometimes be slightly translucent.

LodeMike@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 2y

What does this now?

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io · 16 pts · 2y

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lud@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y

That sounds really stupid for them. Why send out ads if you are gonna force the customer to spend a bunch of time to consume the ad?

mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2y

installs app

print("JOE MAMA")

authorinthedark@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

who's joe?

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Joe mama

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y

Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y

Not using their programs doesn't sound very loyal to me .. download everything

felixwhynot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

STOP

Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

I'm in a promo loyalty program

Get out now.

JazzmanJosh@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 2y

That's ridiculous. "See our message? Download our app so we can message you there!"

rain_worl@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

the spacing between the two:

Reply STOP...
out of...

are almost exactly the same as the scrolling distance on my computer