Comment on McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase

• Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  100% I know the app is cheaper. I refuse to download the app and accept binding arbitration for if their food kills me somehow. Fuck your app, I’m just not eating there.

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• LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ? A deal for a drink and fry for $1.50 if you’re using the app anyway isn’t elaborate, you can order your regular sandwich with that and still only pay $8. So exactly what is going on with the $22 order, I want to know.

  Being given virtual coupons daily so you can afford a large double QP with cheese meal for $6.50, which is like 2005 prices, is not gamification. I agree that all of their prices should be less, fuck, I’d have free food offices like the post office where anyone can pick up pre-made hot or cold meals.

  But you sound like a boomer or child who can’t take two seconds to think and order, $22 is some nonsense

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  • frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Having to use an app to order from a drive through restaurant to get the food down to semi-affordable is bullshit and you know it. What about people (for whatever reason) don’t have access to a smartphone with the McDonald’s app?

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    • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You’re making a completely different argument, please fuck off. You’re fighting just to fight. Read what I write and if you have beef with corporate McDonald’s, go email them.

      The OP said originally:

      Just for the chuckle I put that same meal into the app, it’s now 22$ after tax

      THIS is what sounds like nonsense to me, if they actually used the app then I wanna know their order and why they didn’t use any deals. It is disingenuous at best, and sounds genuinely stupid to anyone who uses the app.

      In no place ever did I argue that the app itself is a good thing or fair. It just isn’t gamification to distribute coupons digitally though. That isn’t what gamification is. The rewards points on the app can be argued as gamification, sure, but we were never discussing those (so see my first sentence). But not the virtual coupons, unless you want to argue that all coupons are gamification, however I don’t think anyone else sees coupons as such. Especially using (1) coupon, there’s no way their order was $22. This is likely a lie. I’m tired of lies. Aren’t you?

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      • _g_be@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It just isn’t gamification to distribute coupons digitally though. That isn’t what gamification is.

        I’m not trying to suggest that distributing the coupons digitally is the gamification, I’m arguing that the shift to app only coupons and ‘rewards’ and ‘app exclusive deals’ overall is a form of gamification.

        You’re boasting about how you min-maxxed their system, you’re gonna tell me that they didn’t find a way to lure you in with a bit of dopamine when you think you’ve found a hack?

        I remember a couple years back the limit to app coupons was once per day and they’ve changed it to 15 minutes. All of these coupon restrictions are arbitrary, they control the whole system.

        • 20% off $20
        • Free X after Y team won
        • Tuesday only deal, free fries friday

        A set of rules that can be applied. takes advantage of human desire to optimize. sounds like gamification to me

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