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[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

placing suggested items directly into a customer's online shopping basket.

Woolworths says Olive will not complete purchases automatically, and customers will still need to approve and pay for orders.

soo... They're gonna be randomly putting shit in people's carts and hoping they don't notice before they checkout.

...yea, there's gonna be a class action in the future.

[โ€“] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 points 19 hours ago

This would be incredibly easy to get a refund for under Australian consumer law, at least.

Not that I believe most people would do this.

Nor that any fines will be handed down for this despicable behaviour...