Smartphone Required (digital exclusion of people without smartphones)

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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I avoid the grocery stores that have 'loyalty programs', but when I'm there I always eagerly tell the cashier I'd like to sign up. They give me the blank paperwork and the discount, and I toss the paperwork in the trash on the way out.

Does it mess with the database. Well, I hope so, but for me the point is only to get my grocs at a slightly less rip-off price. Mostly I go to old-fashioned businesses that make money selling whatever they sell, not selling my data.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

You want to mess up their database? Just share the account with your entire family and friends. All their data collection would just be noise then.

[–] evenwicht 2 points 2 months ago

I avoid the grocery stores that have ‘loyalty programs’

I have that option but it leads to other problems. The grocers who are so small that they have no loyalty program have a different problem: they have limited choice of brands for their small spaces and they tend to choose poorly. E.g. a small store close to me only has Kellogg’s-branded cereal, which I boycott. Their soaps are all Unilever or Proctor & Gamble. They choose the most popular brands for a lot of stuff. So to practice my boycotts against (probably hundreds of) brands requires a store big enough to carry generic nonames.