_number8_Wendy’s planning Uber-style ‘surge pricing’ where burger prices fluctuate based on demand
Does this mean Wendy’s restaurants should have a lighted sign at the road that changes like gasoline prices showing the current price of a burger?
Admiral PatrickNah. You’ll just be expected to flip through all the different fast food apps and check prices on your phone while you drive around the travel plaza. Good luck, pedestrians.
Flying SquidI don’t get the point of ordering by app if you have to go through the drive-through line anyway. I mean I know why they want you to do it, but I don’t understand why anyone would.
I pretty much only use the apps if I can.
There’s basically always some deal I can save a few bucks on. Easy to see any new menu items ahead of time. Coordinate the whole family order with all the customizations. Easier communication at the order box. There’s also usually some built-in rewards program.
Doesn’t the data mining bother you though?
My data has some value, but I can’t sell it, might as well get something for it. Using apps, I get like $200+/yr.
So that shows you that obviously your data is worth much more than $200/yr.
Different apps are paying different parts of that, I’m sure to each it’s worth far less than that for them to sell.
But that’s all more than the $0 I could get for it by trying to prevent anyone from having it.
Damn near everything they can get from my phone can be sourced from any number of places anyway, my data is so everywhere it’s worthless. I’m sure over 100 companies have a record with my name, address, phone number, at least 1 of my like 6 emails. Google probably knows it all and sells it anyway.
Sure a dedicated malicious actor could be an annoying problem, but they’re not likely to be really helped by any data these companies are getting.
Otherwise, I’m more likely to get targeted advertising than anything else, and if I’m going to get advertised to, I’d rather it be for something someone who’s paying for it thinks I’d want, rather than purely random stuff.
YSK it could end up potentially costing you. For instance by agreeing to the McDonalds TOS when you launch the app you are waiving your right to sue.
