At my first start up, I unfortunately relied on fast food daily. One night I pulled into a Wendy’s and the drive thru operator opened with “Hey Mike. Working late again, eh? The usual [my usual order]”. I don't recall having a friendly relationship with the operator or really talking to any one in particular, so this freaked me out and also made me feel a bit of shame. I stopped going after that. Granted, this was just a friendly worker but your question reminded me of it.

Definitely prompted me to remove the Taco Bell app. I don’t need the occasional free bean burrito that badly.

> they're tracking us to increase their profits

That's not really all that nefarious is it?

From what was listed in the article it seemed like it was all data generated by the chain. If it included a lot of stuff from outside sources I would probably be put off, but this seems fairly benign.

I suppose they could be sharing that information with third parties and that could be bad.

i think they mean "crispy" fries, and "greasy" drinks?

I used to eat McD’s once a week as my chest meal. Fries, coke, the lot. I loved it.

Then my Mum got cancer, and my brother just said “why would you put that shit in your body?”

That was seven years ago and I’ve never had fast food or sofa since. I can’t imagine how sick it would make me feel.