I've noticed how retailers (you know, the brick and mortar variety) are offering special discounts to people who have smartphones. I suppose it's just another ruse to collect your personal data but the these offers feel a bit cruel to me. I know a majority of people have smartphones now (I don't) but it seems to me that the ones who do not have them are exactly the ones who could benefit from these type of deals that are being offered.
Not so long ago, people were complaining about not being able to get special discounts on items at the local grocery store because they refused to give out their personal info in order to get a 'savings 'card. Today, people are willing to do almost anything to get a discount, even if it means forking over their entire life history to some faceless machine. Have we become so desensitized or manipulated that we are accepting things we used to deny because they come gift wrapped prettier now? I still don't find pigs attractive; even with an extra coat of lipstick.
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