I regularly use apps that haven't been updated for longer, and 20-year-old PC programs. The worse thing is if old versions are purposefully deprecated too early, I don't have Play Store.
This is fine for apps that don't use remote APIs and aren't actively having breaking changes made to them on a regular basis, but that doesn't apply to most of these nagging "use our app!" companies.
Side rant: I refuse to download the McDonald's app. That's the first question they ask (and increasingly, any fast food joint asks) when you roll through the drive through. "Are you using the app today?"
No I'm not fucking using the app today. I just want an ice cream cone. Ok!? I don't need or want to download another goddamned app and manage another set of credentials when it takes me less time to say, "Can I please have an ice cream cone?" And for you to respond with, "I'm sorry but our ice cream machine is broken." than it does for me to order a fucking ice cream cone on the stupid app.
I mean hells bells I'm a software engineer. I make my living designing [often unnecessary] software [which provides little tangible benefit]. But I'll be damned if I'm going to have an app to go through a fast food drive through or use household appliances. I will die on this hill. Ok, maybe not die, but I will be severely wounded on this hill.
My view as a sys admin is I'm not going to risk the security of my mobile device just so they can scour my personal information and collect marketing data on me and send it god knows where and claim its to "make ordering easier". I just want to order my fucking food, not have my fucking identity stolen because I wanted a cheeseburger.
I'm GenZ and seeing this shit makes me feel like the boomiest of Boomers. I don't want your goddamn motherfucking app, you can shove it where the sun don't shine and take my order the old-fashioned way or not at all.
That is, unless I'm at home ordering delivery and using a centralized app. Having the same interface for every restaurant is so much fucking nicer than trying to figure out the weird quirks of every website or having to call them.
Ironically, I find McDonald's has one of the better reward systems in their app. I also enjoy being able to punch in my order on a screen with any modifications I want such as extra pickle, no lettuce, etc… instead of relying on the shitty speaker to pick it up only to hear a guy be like "Did you say cherry coke?" "No, diet coke" ugh
"It'S bEtTeR iN ThE aPp"
The app: Last updated January 2023
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…Is the app trying to fuck me?
It's probably trying to get you to fuck yourself
I regularly use apps that haven't been updated for longer, and 20-year-old PC programs. The worse thing is if old versions are purposefully deprecated too early, I don't have Play Store.
This is fine for apps that don't use remote APIs and aren't actively having breaking changes made to them on a regular basis, but that doesn't apply to most of these nagging "use our app!" companies.
Side rant: I refuse to download the McDonald's app. That's the first question they ask (and increasingly, any fast food joint asks) when you roll through the drive through. "Are you using the app today?"
No I'm not fucking using the app today. I just want an ice cream cone. Ok!? I don't need or want to download another goddamned app and manage another set of credentials when it takes me less time to say, "Can I please have an ice cream cone?" And for you to respond with, "I'm sorry but our ice cream machine is broken." than it does for me to order a fucking ice cream cone on the stupid app.
I mean hells bells I'm a software engineer. I make my living designing [often unnecessary] software [which provides little tangible benefit]. But I'll be damned if I'm going to have an app to go through a fast food drive through or use household appliances. I will die on this hill. Ok, maybe not die, but I will be severely wounded on this hill.
My view as a sys admin is I'm not going to risk the security of my mobile device just so they can scour my personal information and collect marketing data on me and send it god knows where and claim its to "make ordering easier". I just want to order my fucking food, not have my fucking identity stolen because I wanted a cheeseburger.
I'm GenZ and seeing this shit makes me feel like the boomiest of Boomers. I don't want your goddamn motherfucking app, you can shove it where the sun don't shine and take my order the old-fashioned way or not at all.
That is, unless I'm at home ordering delivery and using a centralized app. Having the same interface for every restaurant is so much fucking nicer than trying to figure out the weird quirks of every website or having to call them.
Ironically, I find McDonald's has one of the better reward systems in their app. I also enjoy being able to punch in my order on a screen with any modifications I want such as extra pickle, no lettuce, etc… instead of relying on the shitty speaker to pick it up only to hear a guy be like "Did you say cherry coke?" "No, diet coke" ugh
Also free fries on Friday.