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Lee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Starbucks accused of manipulating app payments for $900 million profit

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Starbucks accused of manipulating app payments for $900 million profit

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Lee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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Starbucks is facing allegations from a consumer protection group that it unfairly made a profit of $900 million through app payments.
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    To add to all this, if most of your customers are seriously there to taste their flavored syrups and milk of their favorite drink, you wouldn’t want to alter or even ruin that with unexpected, unique coffee flavors.

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      May as well add caffeine to a milkshake at that point …

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        Plenty of independent coffee shops sell Lotus energy drinks for this exact reason.

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