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bombcaryesterday at 11:09 PM1 replyview on HN

The dirty secret is there is no income stream from the app, and the data they recover isn't worth much.

What it is is that the people who are price-conscious will clip the coupons and use the loyalty - those who are not will not.


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xp84today at 12:51 AM

Yup, it's that simple. And effective. As I was raised pretty poor by most people's standards, I can't help but jump through whatever annoying hoops to save a buck. But there are a lot of well-off people who would find it kind of taboo to essentially digitally "clip coupons."