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MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I could tell just by looking at the photo that this was done by someone lacking balls.

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• LouNeko@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  get the app and check one out

  So it’s not free. You pay with your privacy and data.

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  • webadict@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It probably starts free. You create a market and then start selling it as rental equipment, or you market to cities. They are making money.

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    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Jump start is Canadian tire’s charity for childrens sports. They are funded by donations at the till. Its a typical corporate tax dodge but it does infact go to kids sports.

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      • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I bet you could buy a shirt load of random sports ball for the cost of those cabinets, app, cloud infra, and employees to run it all.

        They should just put metal baskets out with balls and refill them a few times a year. It would be cheaper

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    • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You pay with your data means it was never free, you were the product

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      • webadict@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Right. But it never stops at free data.

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• Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why do you have to use an app to unlock it? There doesn’t seem to be any functional reason for it

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What else can be used?
    Employing a lonely dude at the machine just so Timmy can rent a football?
    Good luck with those fees.

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    • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My hands? Little free libraries don’t need apps

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How about they just put a latch on the door. No energy, internet, apps or data required. Just a $3 latch that anyone can open

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  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s canadian tire, so data collection is the reason for the app

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• Dookieman12@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Can’t say I’d blame anyone for destroying them then. No doubt the app collects your data. There’s no reason I should have to pay for the locker once with my taxes, then again with my data. Net positive for the world, imo.

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• wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah. I don’t think this is too hard to parse, nor is it likely to be some cogent political protest.

  1. New flat surface attracts graffiti.
  2. Within a short time, someone else breaks the glass to get access to the balls because they can’t or won’t use the app.

  There could easily be an element of “fuck that app,” but the “reward” here is access to a basketball while at the park, I think Occam’s razor is an appropriate initial framework.

  It also looks like the city was prudent and avoided a major investment of tax money.

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