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Just wait until they get caught targeting people in recovery for these liquor ads at the optimal time for them to cave and make an order. You know that shit's going to be a scandal sometime in the next few years.
My buddy's dad is an alcoholic with a ton of health issues. He had a stroke a while back and had to quit drinking as a result. He can't drive anymore or even really leave the house. Well, his wife recently passed away, and someone showed him door dash and Uber eats was a thing to help him get food delivered. He saw they had alcohol on it, and now he regularly gets beer delivered. Like, the guy's old AF n lost his wife, so who am I to judge him wanting to get liquored up, but he probably wouldn't be drinking right now if this all happened 10 years ago.
My uncle was an alcoholic his while life, but in the last few years, alcohol delivery services were what killed him.
Often, when bringing up privacy, people say they are ok with some tracking because they'll get more relevant ads
But it's so common to not be able to block products you don't want, be it alcohol, meat products, dairy, gambling/casino games, podcasts from people you don't want to hear from
It's not about getting more relevant ads, it's about figuring out what they can best sell you. Sometimes that lines up with what you want, but you can get that benefit without targeted ads too
Good starting place for an ADA class action lawsuit.
Addiction is covered.
US regulatory institutions lack teeth these last 40 years. They're the agency that should castrate such an issue, IMO.
You're disabled with addiction tendencies? Okay, not lawful to feed you adverts for your addictions.
Why is this not the case? Is our government disinterested in our welfare?
The moment that's true, we should be lighting our tax funded institutions on fire. Straight up. We paid for that shit. And the folks handling that money are doing fuck all to support our generosity.
Edit: people in here mistaking "good starting place for" with "A fucking slam dunk grand slam for," But that's cool, y'all do you.
The ADA doesn’t have anything to do with marketing/advertising. Yes, people struggling with addiction are a protected class. How does that apply here?
Can we sue people who make Souls games because they’re too hard for people with one hand? of course not. Should trivia games be banned because some people have intellectual disabilities? Can you ban my advertisement for my trivia night because of that? No. The ADA isn’t that wide
Yes that's true. That specifically why I said what I said.
It's a good starting place. For a class action lawsuit.
It's not a slam dunk, but it's a good starting place. And the ADA is an agency that could facilitate such an endeavor.
How do you think sidewalks become mandated to have handicap accessible ramps at all crosswalks?
The ADA is a law, not an agency. And the law mandated those ramps. It’s all in the law, which hasn’t been updated since it was written 30 years ago
No, but it's been interpreted in relevant cases already, the courts told Domino's that their website needed to be screen reader accessible because of the ADA. That was in 2019 though.
You're still wrong. The law mandates how websites should operate too so everyone can access them (which isn't unique to the US either), and the article you linked even says that the case was covered by the ADA and no special interpretation was necessary (you may be confused by Domino's horseshit response). The act does not mandate how advertising should and shouldn't be conducted. The ADA covers quite a bit of ground. Might be worth looking it up before you spout off next time...
- meat
- dairy
- eggs
- alcohol
these are large industries with a lot of muscle. I'm sure the deal they struck with Uber eats doesn't include an option to "turn off" these offers
God if only all those industries could lose their subsidization so they can die the natural death they deserve.
I'm just bouncing ideas off and not sure if it works like that, but maybe you can try creating a teen account and link it to your main one.
Recently I noticed there's an option to let me link teen accounts(and other adults) under a family that lets them order but pay with the primary account.
Assuming teens won't be able to buy alcohol, perhaps those recommendations would go away too?
Stop using gig economy apps, you're fucking up the economy and eroding worker rights.
You love enshitification on the internet? Well those apps are going to bring that to the real world.
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