sanqueue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDark side of Starbucks app: Coffee giant accused of rigging payments to the tune of nearly $900 million over 5 years | Fortunefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down115cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkDark side of Starbucks app: Coffee giant accused of rigging payments to the tune of nearly $900 million over 5 years | Fortunefortune.comsanqueue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·11 months agoIt’s definitely a dark pattern built into the app / gift card experience.
minus-squarecatastrophicblues@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·11 months agoKind of. The app doesn’t in any way tell you that you can use the card balance to pay part of your bill and then use a credit card for the rest; I only found out when a barista told me
It’s definitely a dark pattern built into the app / gift card experience.
Kind of. The app doesn’t in any way tell you that you can use the card balance to pay part of your bill and then use a credit card for the rest; I only found out when a barista told me