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submitted 6 months ago by reboot6675@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So I joined a new gym last year and was pleasantly surprised. They gave me a smart card to get in and out, that's it, no app, no accounts, no nothing. Well, today I got to the gym and saw the announcement that they are phasing out the access with the smart card and starting to use, you guessed it, an app.

Now, I know this is not such a big deal in the grand scheme of things. But I'm just tired of this trend of replacing perfectly functioning systems with apps (public transport tickets come to mind). Just more ways to harvest people's data, I guess...

Ah and by the way, in my previous gym they not only required an app for accessing the place, they also incentivized people to track their workouts, meals and bodyweight using the gym's app (of course I never used any of these features).

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[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Isn't that illegal though?

[-] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Isn’t what illegal? They are allowed to determine how you access their gym.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Making apps mandatory. Idk about the US but I'm pretty sure here it's illegal

[-] sexy_peach@beehaw.org 6 points 6 months ago

They're not a government institution providing necessary services, so I think it's legal pretty much everywhere. Same with places accepting payment by card only.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Idk. I've never seen a card-only place here so I guess they're illegal too. Even if there are such places, you can easily find ones that accept cash and don't require apps. You all just live in such enshittificated places that you can't believe in the existence of much better ones I guess

[-] sexy_peach@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

It's not like that here. Most accept cash and I think gyms are still "normal"

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Good for you then

[-] sexy_peach@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

yup

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