nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaignerswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square382fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down117
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1external-link‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaignerswww.theguardian.comnahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square382fedilink
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoLoyalty cards werent a great thing either. They werent to reward your loyalty, they were to tie your purchase history to an individual, So that information can be used and sold for marketing purposes. It was basically the prototype for the invasive, information stealing apps we have today.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoCan’t your purchases be tied to you via credit/debit card number? I mean obviously you can use cash, but I don’t see a lot of people using cash
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoyes, that still doesnt give the store your home address, phone number, etc etc like signing up for a rewards card does.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDoes the supermarket sell the data, or use it for their own purposes
Loyalty cards werent a great thing either.
They werent to reward your loyalty, they were to tie your purchase history to an individual, So that information can be used and sold for marketing purposes.
It was basically the prototype for the invasive, information stealing apps we have today.
Can’t your purchases be tied to you via credit/debit card number? I mean obviously you can use cash, but I don’t see a lot of people using cash
yes, that still doesnt give the store your home address, phone number, etc etc like signing up for a rewards card does.
Does the supermarket sell the data, or use it for their own purposes
yes