> “This isn’t a TJ’s thing,” said Tara Miller, a Trader Joe’s spokesperson. “It’s being implemented by the landlord
I feel like the headline is misleading and shouldn't mention Trader Joe's if it isn't Trader Joe's direct fault.
Anyhow this totally involves TJ and they will need to do something about it, as more customers will get pissed.
They probably will have their legal team take a look at the agreement for this location now that it's made the news, but can we cut them a little slack before fetching the pitch forks?
Just say you don't own a mobile phone and that you're willing to pay parking with cash or credit card.
The ball is now in their court to figure out what to do.
Trader Joe’s is subjecting their customers to this and should be held responsible if if it was through their landlord. They still are an accomplice to this data harvesting by the fact they have a business relationship with the company doing this.
Did you guys remove Facebook from the Cambridge Analytics scandal post? After “they” weren’t the ones doing right?
When users disagree about which title is better, we have to make a call. My call in this case is that (a) it's really not that big a deal and (b) it's best to go by HN's first principle, which is that we try to optimize for curiosity (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). It's much better to err on the side of curiosity than indignation.