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Comment by generj

Some of the collection is creepy, and I’ve largely stopped using mobile apps and loyalty programs myself. However, some of the concern seems very misplaced.

“Oh no McDonald’s runs a Customer Lifetime Value algorithm, a thing in use for decades and which has minimal privacy implications.”

“GASP the Golden Arches knows I like Diet Coke and has applied a marketing segmentation to me!”

Congrats, you’ve discovered they use concepts taught in Marketing 101?

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