What is Reddit's opinion of McDonald's?

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Yeah, this has been around for a while. They have a bunch of offers (including one free burger/sandwich) which refresh every month.

Here's the download link.

They also have codes you can "tell the employees". Haven't tried it that way, though.

Edit: Hijacking comment. THIS is the right link for the app.

> Huge fail in not creating an app that lets you order, pre-pay and pickup

Oh, you mean like....the McDonalds app? Where you can order ahead through the app, then pick it up, have them bring it out to your car, or go through drive thru to pick it up?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds.app&hl=en_US

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I'm pretty positive this is the app everyone is referring to: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds.app&hl=en

Just sign up in the app and you should get a list of offers right off the bat.

> McDonald's will allow you to order in a McDonald's in the metaverse and have food delivered to you.

You can already do that.

I saw that there is another McDonald's app for some reason. The icon has a red background instead of white. This one worked fine, no need for Magisk hide either

Okay, let's take a look at this great app's permissions:

• read the contents of your USB storage
• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• retrieve running apps
• add or remove accounts
• approximate location (network-based)
• precise location (GPS and network-based)
• take pictures and videos
• read the contents of your USB storage
• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• view Wi-Fi connections
• read phone status and identity
• receive data from Internet
• view network connections
• prevent device from sleeping
• read Google service configuration
• set an alarm
• use accounts on the device
• full network access
• connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
• control vibration
• run at startup

Y'know what, I'm just gonna stick with the old ways.

Cool.

I guess at this point I could go ahead and share the apps I found, in case anyone else was curious:

Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds.app

iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mcdonalds/id922103212?mt=8

Nice, still check if there are any deals though:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds.app

NOTE: THIS IS THE RIGHT LINK. Made the post on mobile, and I guess I messed up the share.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds.app&hl=en

Here is the app for Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds.app&hl=en_US&gl=US

Sure, my apologies, I should've linked it in the first place. It's kind of a lot though. They intentionally worded to trick people, but still stand legally. (Like most companies do)

For starters, when you first try to view their privacy policy, you're greeted with

"This website uses cookies to better understand how visitors use our site, for advertising, and to offer you a more personalized experience. We share information about your use of our site with analytics, social media, and advertising partners in according with our Privacy Statement and California Privacy Notice. You can manage this sharing by selecting the "Cookie Settings" link."

Specifically the line "We share information about your use of our site with.. advertising partners" *though you might only see this message in California because they have to post it to CA residents by law.

Under their Privacy Policy, #3, they write

"We do not sell your personal information and only share your information as described in this Privacy Statement or as otherwise communicated to you at the time we collect your information. Please note that some US state statutes may define a “sale” to include sharing of personal information with third parties for valuable consideration. Many companies have common arrangements with online advertising networks and analytics companies that may potentially be considered sales under these definitions. Please reference our Additional Notice for California Consumers in the US Country Specific Addendum (below) for more information."

We do not sell your personal information should be the end of it. However, they go on to say

"Please note that some US state statutes may define a “sale” to include sharing of personal information with third parties for valuable consideration"

I mean, it's not just 'some states'. I believe anyone would consider sharing something for value a 'sale'.

They try softening the blow by saying "Many companies have common arrangements with online advertising networks and analytics companies that may potentially be considered sales under these definitions."

Which is basically "okay, we are actually selling your information, but everyone else does it!"

There's a couple more things I could cite there, but this is getting a bit long. So, the last line of #5

"We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, *unless you give us permission to do so. *"

Which by continuing to use the site or app after the little message, you are giving permission for them to do so.

On top of that, their Android App has the default permission to run when your device turns on. It also has the permissions to 'prevent phone from sleeping', read phone status and identity, read contents of your shared storage, and have full network access.

The McDonald's app (on Android) requires too many unnecessary permissions.

Do they really need access to all of the pictures and videos on my phone? Do they have a reason to access my contacts list, camera, location, phone status and identity, modify and delete contents of my SD card, prevent phone from sleeping, connect and disconnect WiFi, set an alarm, toggle sync on and off? And there are actually more I'm not listing.

The answer is, NO! They don't need all of those permissions to have a functional app. They want to harvest this data so they can sell it to the highest bidder.

No thanks, you can keep your free burger.

Edit: here's the full list:

Version 5.2.1 can access:

1 Identity

• find accounts on the device

• add or remove accounts

2 Contacts

• find accounts on the device

3 Location

• approximate location (network-based)

• precise location (GPS and network-based)

• access extra location provider commands

4 Phone

• read phone status and identity

5 Photos/Media/Files

• read the contents of your USB storage

• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

6 Storage

• read the contents of your USB storage

• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

7 Camera

• take pictures and videos

8 Wi-Fi connection information

• view Wi-Fi connections

9 Device ID & call information

• read phone status and identity

10-21 Other

• read sync statistics

• receive data from Internet

• view network connections

• create accounts and set passwords

• connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi

• full network access

• draw over other apps

• use accounts on the device

• prevent device from sleeping

• toggle sync on and off

• set an alarm

• read Google service configuration

Updates to McDonald's may automatically add additional capabilities within each group.

Yeah, I think it's US only. Here's the proper link, though. I posted the wrong link as I made this post on mobile.