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Apps, requires you to install them and they always require you to sign in.

Not something I’m willing to do just to grab a cheese burger. It’s not like I go to mcd on such regular basis.

Don’t say it’s possible to make one that doesn’t. First, kids would abuse it to anonymously order 200 Big Macs in another town, and secondly companies are always too greedy to look away from that stream of potential user data.



> Apps, requires you to install them and they always require you to sign in.

A) app-less or install-free apps are a thing, on iOS they’re called app clips and work great.

B) the mcd’s app (and all of the other fast food apps I can think of) don’t require a login. You pay for your food when you order it, so the ‘anonymous order’ attack isn’t a thing.

Also they usually take ApplePay, which is an added security benefit.


I believe you're incorrect about point B there. The mymacca's app goes straight to a sign-in/up screen, and I can't figure out any way around it.


And now we're stuck requiring Android or iOS.




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