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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"It'S bEtTeR iN ThE aPp"

[–] killeronthecorner 49 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The app: Last updated January 2023

[–] [email protected] 74 points 11 months ago (1 children)

App permissions required:

name
address
contacts
financials
life history
kinks
current relationship status

[–] Holyhandgrenade 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

...Is the app trying to fuck me?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago

It's probably trying to get you to fuck yourself

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I regularly use apps that haven't been updated for longer, and 20-year-old PC programs. The worse thing is if old versions are purposefully deprecated too early, I don't have Play Store.

[–] killeronthecorner 4 points 11 months ago

This is fine for apps that don't use remote APIs and aren't actively having breaking changes made to them on a regular basis, but that doesn't apply to most of these nagging "use our app!" companies.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Side rant: I refuse to download the McDonald's app. That's the first question they ask (and increasingly, any fast food joint asks) when you roll through the drive through. "Are you using the app today?"

No I'm not fucking using the app today. I just want an ice cream cone. Ok!? I don't need or want to download another goddamned app and manage another set of credentials when it takes me less time to say, "Can I please have an ice cream cone?" And for you to respond with, "I'm sorry but our ice cream machine is broken." than it does for me to order a fucking ice cream cone on the stupid app.

I mean hells bells I'm a software engineer. I make my living designing [often unnecessary] software [which provides little tangible benefit]. But I'll be damned if I'm going to have an app to go through a fast food drive through or use household appliances. I will die on this hill. Ok, maybe not die, but I will be severely wounded on this hill.

[–] DragonAce 20 points 11 months ago

My view as a sys admin is I'm not going to risk the security of my mobile device just so they can scour my personal information and collect marketing data on me and send it god knows where and claim its to "make ordering easier". I just want to order my fucking food, not have my fucking identity stolen because I wanted a cheeseburger.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Ironically, I find McDonald's has one of the better reward systems in their app. I also enjoy being able to punch in my order on a screen with any modifications I want such as extra pickle, no lettuce, etc.. instead of relying on the shitty speaker to pick it up only to hear a guy be like "Did you say cherry coke?" "No, diet coke" ugh

Also free fries on Friday.