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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Or, now hear me out, I stop shopping there.

[–] boaratio 6 points 1 week ago

Fuck. This. Noise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am sure CVS will not assume the worst when I buy three 12 packs of Magnum XL, two bottles of NyQuil, six cans of Monster Energy and a roll of duct tape.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That is...an interesting shopping list.

Do I dare ask: planning a big party?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder whether it ever occurs to normies that surrendering PII in order to transact amounts to hidden cost inflation

[–] SquiffSquiff 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would it make a difference if they did? Here in the UK every supermarket has a loyalty card scheme. I held out for a long time but eventually I simply couldn't afford to pay the effective 20% premium for not using it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Depends on what value you place on your consumption data. I'd argue the scheme participants are the ones paying a premium.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

They want the data to sell to Meta and OpenAI to perfect their AI's

[–] serenissi 2 points 1 week ago

Me reading the headline: who tf resurrected the cvs and made an android app for it

[–] JustZ 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

CVS doesn't want a customer who has any diginity

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