Hi there to you too, Starbucks

I've turn into nearly numb to the flood of notifications that arrive on my telephone each day. However when an app sends a easy, very human message like “Hello!” message, apparently sufficient to cease me in my tracks. And Starbucks had despatched the very same push notification to God is aware of what number of gadgets simply minutes earlier. For what motive? Who is aware of?

Simply howdy. No different context. A random howdy on a dreary, wet Tuesday (right here in New York). So I tapped. Doing this landed me within the Starbucks app with none apparent promotion for a selected vacation spot or immediate.

the verge We've reached out to Starbucks for extra data on this necessary information. I'm not one to be impolite, so howdy, whoever you’re.

However I’ll flip off notifications from the app now. As a result of this can be a good instance of how loosely the privilege is being exercised.