Tommy Siegel | Bluesky

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Single panel comic

Illustration of a highway with 3 billboards for fast food chains. A bridge is visible in the background, as are power lines running along side of the service road.

Each billboard has a chain logo, with secondary text below.

Wendy’s

  • Your fifth favorite burger is now an app

McDonald’s

  • Will you give us your data for food?

Burger King

  • Guess what: No app? No food
  • stumu415@lemmy.zip
    3·
    1 day ago

    I’m so sorry but you are full of shit. You can definitely order on the counter, all restaurants still have physical menus. I see it all the time with the elderly. They struggle with wechat or AliPay - which are apps western countries can only dream off - hence all stores can serve you normally.

    And most shops have AliPay over wechat anyway except in 3rd and 4th line cities.

    If you use AliPay, nothing gets bounded. Not your phone number or anything. The mini app isn’t even available again until you go scan or NFC again.

    And the UI of the miniapps in general is very good and intuitive because they want you to order quickly.

    Also you don’t have to link your wechat account, nor your phone number. This is specifically forbidden by the Chinese version of the GDPR in regards to personal privacy.

    I know it is extremely popular to shit all over China because ‘China bad’. Most western that come here are amazed at the technology and convenience of shopping, travelling and ordering. My parents who speak no Chinese and are in their late seventies, happily go to any small local shop and order their meal without my help.

    You clearly want to karma farm and keep the negative western propaganda flowing, up to you but be real and do not tell such bullshit.