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Lee DunatoTechnology@beehaw.orgEnglish·10 months ago

Starbucks accused of manipulating app payments for $900 million profit

(www.androidauthority.com)

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Starbucks accused of manipulating app payments for $900 million profit

(www.androidauthority.com)

Lee DunatoTechnology@beehaw.orgEnglish·10 months ago

Starbucks is facing allegations from a consumer protection group that it unfairly made a profit of $900 million through app payments.

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It’s about the intersection of their app, their rewards systems and the dark patterns in the whole system that lead to them accruing a lot of money that they don’t really deserve. That’s pretty much a tech story.