I spent the majority of the last 30 years in Florida, and the theme parks were a regular past time. Disney World, but also Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld, and Universal. All of them have gone down this path, though Disney is probably the most insidious. At the other parks, even with a paper ticket, your fingerprint is scanned to prevent people from sharing tickets. Disney used to do this too, but they stopped a few years ago. I didn't pay much mind to it, but the article reminded me: they can just use facial recognition.

Visiting Disney parks without using the app is a distinctly inferior experience. This is no accident. But their push in this direction devalues the parks in my opinion. The quality of the rides, of the scenery, the staffing, and the mis en scene have all been slowly degrading over the past 10+ years or so. Despite that, prices nearly doubled I think.