“there’s no way I’m setting my alarm just to get to McDonald’s before 10:30 a.m”
Here it’s 11 AM but the app ordering and double points for breakfast do stop working at 10:30.
It's 11 a.m. on Sundays here. I'm one of those folks that doesn't use any apps, or does card transactions on my phone. Personally, I believe rewards and points are nothing but gimmicks to get people to go to McDonalds, and since the lock-down and the Biden Admin, people are paying more for the shit they serve. I don't think there's any real benefit to using apps to get points or rewards.
I used to complete surveys online with e-Rewards. Was a member for many years. You'd earn reward money for completing surveys. You could only use the money to buy airline miles, hotel points, store and restaurant gift cards. Last year the company changed hands. In order to be able to continue to earn rewards, you had to complete an online form and submit a photo ID to a third party database. I told them that this wasn't Nazi Germany, and I didn't need to show a photo ID to vote, so I wasn't about to give a third party a copy of my driver's license, the only photo ID I have. And on top of it, the assholes locked my account, and I had to threaten them to send me the money I had left in my account, in the form of a gift card. Last year they also sent out 1099 NEC (Non-employee Compensation) forms that we had to submit with our Federal taxes. So, no rewards horseshit for me ever again.