Talk:McDonald's

McDonalds App invasive and anti-consumer security policies

I think this article needs to be extended with a section addressing the "security" policies in the McDonalds global app. Around October 2025, McDonalds implemented very obscure system scans in the application for the following, without which, the app may or may not start:

- No third party apps installed (reported by others)

- Play services required (confirmed by me)

- No third party app markets installed (F-Droid, Aptoide...) (reported by others)

- No mod apps installed (Lucky Patcher, HappyMod...) (confirmed by me)

- No root access enabled (reported by others)

- No developer mode enabled (reported by others)

- No custom ROMs (reported by others)

Possibly more, but McDonalds doesn't explicitly say anywhere what exactly is required for the app to run, or what will prevent it from running.

This has dropped their Google Play reviews to 2.3 stars, but they don't seem to care, and have instead started pushing users to install the app forcefully by removing services previously offered in-store like table service, and only offering that through the app. Possibly more information to be addded to the article.

I have never contributed to the Consumer Rights Wiki, and am not sure how to include this in the article, but I'd be willing to provide as much info as I have on the topic and do further research if needed.

I think it is worth noting I am from Spain, so the above may only partially, or not at all apply to the US or other regions, although, this being the supposedly global app, I would assume it does.

Cody (talk) 12:49, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Feedback from an anonymous reader

there is a wired article about how they are tracking us! it came out in Aug 2026. here it is: https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-built-a-515-page-dossier-on-me-it-says-ill-never-leave/

(Submitted via the article feedback button.) ArticleFeedback (talk) 12:36, 27 September 2026 (UTC)