sanqueue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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-square32fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1293arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·9 months agoIt’s definitely a dark pattern built into the app / gift card experience.
minus-squarecatastrophicblueslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·9 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
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoCan you? I hunted for that option and couldn’t find one. I gave up.
minus-squarecatastrophicblueslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt isn’t in the app, you just tell the barista that you’d like to use your remaining gift card balance. Like I said, not a great way to do it morally.
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
Can you? I hunted for that option and couldn’t find one. I gave up.
It isn’t in the app, you just tell the barista that you’d like to use your remaining gift card balance. Like I said, not a great way to do it morally.