Because it's fast?

Last time I ate at McDonald's they had 1€ burguers. Last time I checked it was like almost 20€ for a shitty menu.

Not in your widest dreams. I rather make myself a quick burger at home.

Agreed. Supposedly all the best deals are on the apps, and the food is reasonably priced like it used to be if you play your cards right. However, to use those apps, you're agreeing to binding arbitration in perpetuity should they fucking kill or maim you with their shitty food. That's not a tradeoff I'm willing to make. I'm also not fond of ever giving anyone my data unless it's absolutely necessary, so I just don't go to these places unless I'm desperate and it's the only thing open.

They used to have good deals. I was able to order meals with deals and points to get a combo for a dollar. You used to be able to customize better too. I was able to put fresh diced jalapenos on my beef n cheddar.

Now the customization options are worse and the deals are worse. I hardly go anymore. Just not worth it. I can get a better deal at the sit down restaurants.

I saw a post about this last night. Really scary stuff.

Mfw the "communist" country that can do no wrong according to the tankie instances out-enshittifies the home country of enshittification and capitalism in general 🤦🏻😄

Meanwhile, the best baseball player in the world is Japanese, the number one ranked player in the NBA is Serbian, and they've even been overtaken as the most obese people by the citizenship-deprived residents of American Samoa!

If not for Handegg and money hoarding, the US would hardly be #1 at ANYTHING anymore!

jesus fucking christ.

Communism! /s

Tallin is a gorgeous place. Did you hit up Headless Chicken too?

This is not generally common here in the US, but Indian restaurants now tend to have no menu, just a QR code that you scan and then you order from their website (no apps so far, or at least they're not mandatory yet). I was a mobile app programmer until about five years ago and I had to ask these guys how to scan a QR code.

I knew a place where, during the day, I could get all-you-can-eat Sushi for the same price as a McDonalds menu.

Absolute no-brainer.

A lot of places charge a premium for not using the app. I've never heard of any that require you to use it

I have not had this experience at the BK I went to last, but I assume it's a matter of time. We need consumer protection that protects people from needing invasive apps to use services.

Fucking hell fast food costs as much as a sit down meal these days, of far better food.

I just haven't done fast for for so long that I didn't know the prices had skyrocketed.

1. Brand recognition. Makes you more likely to patronize said brand if you are seeing their logo on your phone multiple times a day ... Likely hundreds. especially for iPhone where it's on the home screen

2. Data collection and tracking . lots of these fuckers run in the background, calling home to report back what apps you have, your location, phone number etc. They're using this info to market to you more efficiently and to sell to others for profit. My wife had a shit ton these and her battery was dying faster than usual. Got rid of the bastards and battery life improved.

3. Advertising. Direct. To you. If they have a deal or feel like you haven't opened the app enough, they send you notification spam. It's a corporations wet dream. Immediate visual direct to consumer advertising and they paid nothing to achieve it. You just simply gave your permission for them to do so

4. If you're ordering via app, this opens up the possibility of giving others different prices depending on if they think you'll bite or accept it. This is much easier to do on an app or mobile site.. But impossible if you order in person

After I got kids it all makes sense to me. I.fucking.love.McD.

A happy meal with nuggets, let them tire them selves out in the play area.

I can sit there drinking one black coffee. Tried a chicken wrap and my god it was awfull. Way to expensive (even for Norway). Hoped for some saldad, tomato and a little chicken. Nope. Some shredded green stuff with some chicken and the awefull cheese square that for some reason was stuck outside the wrap to the cardboard, the most high quality item in the meal tbh.

Freshly brewed drip coffee was nice.

Asad's Hot Chicken is damn good, but so far they're only in the Philly/NYC greater area. I expect they'll be spreading out a lot further soon ... and then turning to shit like everything else does.

Culver's still makes pretty good food though.

For now, at least.

But the deal are so shit in recent years I just don't even go there anymore

I didn't mind the app, but even then they still didn't stop make them shittier over the years with them being less reliable and losing features I just uninstalled them.

That Burger king one is legit by me. They cut their staff so much they have 2 people cooking and one kiosk you can self order at that's broken half the time. Half the time you to to the drive through and they have a sign that says "app orders only." It's insane.

They don't require it. You just want it for the deals. I love it for the free food I get. But I but from them all the time without the app when I don't care. Before the app they never had deals like these anyways. So it's just like the old time.

I dunno, I go to burger king way more because they have a deal with Walmart + of 25% off your order ever day for members, but the only way to claim it is via app, so I'd say they're right there with the others.

Yes. This was my experience. Too much hassle just to be upsold.

If I can do it from a website I wouldn't have a problem with it. It's the install/app permissions that would make me skip over ever going there

You're allowed to tell us the name of the fast food chain

Whoa nellie.

I mean, I guess it depends on your area and such, but there still great places to eat out if the situation allows for it. Of course groceries are cheaper, but some places are still affordable.

I wouldn’t touch any of the comic’s chains though. I think I went to a McDonald’s once since the pandemic, for a quick breakfast while on the road, and it was indeed disproportionately expensive. But (as an example) taco Tuesday at Rosa’s Cafe is still reasonably priced here.

Have any suggestions for newbs like myself? I have an Android phone so I was checking out Shelter and Island but any advice would be gratefully accepted.