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[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The most ridiculous part are services insisting you install an app when everything their app does could be in a progressive web app. PWAs are less work to develop as they can run on any device with a browser. For fast food and clothing brands especially, I think PWAs are a no brainer. (Unless you want to track your customers coughTimHortonscough)

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's your last point there. They want you to install an app because said apps can collect a lot more data points on a ~~fool~~ consumer than a web app.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Decathlon you need a smartphone for their loyalty card. Only upside is you don't have to get receipts for their 1 year return policy.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

In my country (Czech Republic) you can tell them your email address that is tied to your account