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Re:McDonald's pushed customers to the brink on price. They'r... by tomschlick on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @09:48PM (#39297329)
How? On iPhone I only give it location permissions while I'm using the app, and I pay with Apple Pay to avoid giving them much that they would be able to correlate elsewhere.
Re:McDonald's pushed customers to the brink on price. They'r... by rchaud on Thursday February 08, 2024 @10:03AM (#39302709)
An app that needs to know your location even though you're going to the store to pick up the order?
Re:McDonald's pushed customers to the brink on price. They'r... by tomschlick on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:46PM (#39305023)
I believe they use the proximity to choose the closest store and to start the order when you get there but are still waiting in the drive-thru line to give them your name/code.

I haven't tried to disable it completely, but even if I can't I dont find that limited location tracking for when I'm actually ordering food and driving there to be an issue.

Re:McDonald's pushed customers to the brink on price. They'r... by rchaud on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:55PM (#39305158)
The only thing required for that is a zip code. In any case, once you choose a location, it can simply save that preference instead of tapping your lat/long coordinates every single time. Just more data to sell to a broker down the line.