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Quite typical for him really. Anything for a McDollar.
It's another reason not to go there anymore. It's no wonder as they were a big donor to the incoming "administration".
Well now hang on. Was it McDonalds the company that snitched, or some random person who happened to work at McDonalds? Because there's a huge difference.
25 years ago when I worked at Arbys as a teenager, some lady started yelling at me because they discontinued her favorite menu item.
So I said "And you came saw right through my disguise. You see me mopping the bathroom, and you KNEW that's the CEO of the company! Yes, there stands the man himself! The man with the power! As he pushes along his brown dirty mop water out of the bathrooms. You clearly saw all this and made the right call in putting me in my place. Ya caught me! T'was I who eliminated your beloved menu items!"
And she threatened to call the cops on me. So I said "Oh please, I'm begging you to call the cops, and tell them that a teenager was sarcastic and demeaning to you as he mopped the floor after having been berated for not serving a menu item that hasn't existed for over 2 years. Which was before I even started working here. But when you do, put it on speakerphone, and let us all listen. I'm sure the entire staff, managers included, would LOVE to laugh at them hang up on you.
I'll have what they're having.
What is the grapheneos connection?
The McDonalds app no longer works on the GrapheneOS custom rom. This isn't because of a comparability issue, it is an active choice by them to restrict users, and honestly GrapheneOS is a more secure OS than the standard android ROM on most phones so they can't really say it is for security reasons.
The hell does one use a mcdolands app for?
Free food and coupons. Most of the time there's a 20% off coupon. The point system actually leads to free sandwiches and stuff.
Why, to steal your data, and send you push ads, of course. The same reason every other company wants you to download their app.
Yep, and along the way to remind you strategically that McDonalds is an option at times that you are considering what to eat. And to better tie you to a single profile to predict and then modify your behaviour. It would also be handy to do per person surge/demand pricing, making the prices of items dynamically shift to what you will tolerate.
They're doing you a favor.