I recently had to download a 110MB fucking app over my data plan if I wanted to buy firewood at a campsite. The slot you used to be able to deposit cash for the firewood was still there but covered. Why? It was honor system anyway. The wood was just sitting there in pallet wrapped bundles to take.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not using your fucking "app". I'm paying with cash. You don't need to know who I am

Read this in my head in Jim Carrey Grinch voice lol

I recently had to download a 110MB fucking app over my data plan if I wanted to buy firewood at a campsite. The slot you used to be able to deposit cash for the firewood was still there but covered. Why? It was honor system anyway. The wood was just sitting there in pallet wrapped bundles to take.

Isn't the point of camping to put the dang phones away grillman

[–] The_Grinch@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the realest grinch yet!

I was genuinely upset for that exact reason. I also had hiked a mile to the visitor's center without my phone at this point because I thought I could just give cash to someone and collect the wood.

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would just leave the cash

[–] The_Grinch@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There were conspicuous cameras

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

so they'd have plenty of evidence that you paid!

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago

And plenty of evidence if someone stole the cash from them!

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It depends on the restaurant, but sometimes an app is the only reason ill get fast food. The mcdonalds app has a bunch of daily deals with free fries drinks or whatever. Now they know what i eat and have my gmail address. oh no the horror.

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mcdonalds is on the BDS list, I can't say I miss eating their increasingly smaller 'burgers'

https://bdsmovement.net/Boycott-McDonalds

[–] emdash@hexbear.net 2 points 12 hours ago

Not to mention the animal murder

[–] The_Grinch@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

They used to give you that shit without the app.

You may be fine with it, but I would rather not be harassed about installing an app that tracks me.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

the issue isn't those two datapoints in isolation, it's aggregating them with all the other data corpos have on you and whatever tracking shit you agreed to in the eula you didn't read.