Yup, I know that frustration. No amount of explaining gets through.

I find it utterly confusing.

I had to troubleshoot a family member's computer, and the amount of redundant but separate systems floating around in it is insane. A Onedrive integrated into the OS, a separate Onedrive for syncing specific folders, yet another OneDrive to access work resources. 365 for office, 365 for OneDrive, 365 for Teams. Don't even get me started on Copilots being tossed around everywhere.

Half of these systems are auto-logged in during startup, the other prompting they need logins, and most of which flag for space issues and subscription notices.

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Moving-the-Goalposts

Let's stick with McDonalds then. Please state who has access to your collected name, email accounts, mailing address, GPS location, social media accounts, and credit card numbers.

Then please state which companies McDonalds has purchased the same information from, and sold that information to, as stated in the privacy page.

Damage? Where's the damage? I'm just not sure that giving up practical conviences for whatever this reads like to you and has you worried about is worth it. You'd use no apps ever. And you'd have to consistently be going with less as the technology moves on and you boycott it all. They are literally not staffing these places the way they used to.

Sounds like you don't quite understand the significance of that information.

If you would please post your name, email acounts, mailing address, GPS location, social media accounts, and credit card numbers... I'm sure plenty of people can give you some examples.

But it's not like you or anyone here can show the damage to privacy or otherwise a fast food app is going to have versus the very real conveniences others have brought up here.

McDonald's privacy page:

The information we have obtained includes the following:

    Identifiers such as name, postal and email addresses, internet protocol (IP) address, social media handles, username, password, and other contact information used to register and access McDonald’s products and services, log-in to Wi-Fi, enter one of our competitions, or contact us by phone or through our online services. The following categories of personal information described in California Civil Code § 1798.80(e):
        the personal information listed in the preceding bullet point as “identifiers;”
        signatures;
        telephone number;
        payment information (including payment card details or online payment services number and invoicing address) and financial information (such as bank account numbers);
        physical characteristics or description; and
        the other information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual that we describe in “Information We Collect & Process.” 
    Commercial information, including:
        records of products or services purchased or received from McDonald’s;
        username, password, or other account information used to obtain access to McDonald’s online services;
        information on actions taken on McDonald’s online services, which may include information about McDonald’s products or services considered and the times you visit our online services; and
        information about consumer preferences and behavior that we collect on our online services or purchase from third parties in order to target consumers for digital advertisements or to personalize content we deliver on our online services.
    Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement, as well as the information listed above in the section titled “Information We Collect & Process:”
        computer or mobile-device operating system and browser type;
        type of mobile device and its settings;
        unique device identifier (UDID) or mobile equipment identifier (MEID) for your mobile device;
        device and component serial numbers;
        advertising identifiers (for example, IDFAs and IFAs) or similar identifiers;
        referring website (a site that has led you to ours) or application;
        online activity on other websites, applications, or social media; and
        activity related to how you use our online services, such as the pages you visit on our online services.
    Geolocation data.
    Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as demographic information like age or gender.
    Audio information from calls placed with customer service centers which may be recorded, and electronic information in the form of Internet or other electronic network activity information as described above.  When you visit our restaurants, we may capture audio and video information inside and outside our restaurants via CCTV cameras and other tools that help us monitor restaurant safety and improve our operations.
    Inferences drawn from:
        the information we collect when you visit our websites, use our apps, interact with our official social media pages, or otherwise interact with us;
        information we collect, including through third-party suppliers, regarding content and other data posted on the Internet (such as public locations on the Internet); and
        information about consumer preferences and behavior that we collect on our online services or purchase from third parties in order to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, or aptitudes.
    Sensitive personal information, such as account login credentials when combined with passwords, and precise geolocation data, as described above. If you win a competition, contest, prize draw, or sweepstakes, we may also collect your social security number and driver’s license or state identification card as part of legal compliance.    

My fuzzy memory says this is super accurate to SLP mode... but I've been too far removed from that old analog video standard to actually remember the quality. I know for sure it's better than most plugins I've tried at least.

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/XboxGameStudios

The heart skip when an rm command runs longer than expected.

I'm afraid to find out how many people are still downloading OpenOffice, thinking it's the same software they heard about back in 2010.

I looked at the terms of service and noticed that they bind you into arbitration, limit your terms to $100, mandate you to travel to Delaware for dispute, and force you into mass arbitration if your dispute is similar to others.

Pass

At that age I figured out that I could bypass the policy restrictions on my computer by unplugging the Ethernet cable right after login. Gave me full local admin.

A year or so prior to that I figured out that if you viewed IE's temporary internet files and just backspaced your way up, you can access the otherwise restricted C:, where I found other kids had already installed games onto.

No way this works for a full school year.