I refuse to carry a phone around and be at the beck and call of the world ... I don't need one. When I left my last employment (almost 20 years ago) I handed back my phone, in bits, in a plastic bag, after stamping the life out of it - I had been subjected to calls at all hours of the day to 'advise' on someone elses problems, solve their issues, update on a situation, be told where to be for next meeting, when to be there, how I would be taken there ---- the bloody thing controlled my life for years.
PS @LiteralHiker you are incompetent in this bit of life
Cambridge English Dictionary: incompetence = lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should be done:
But don't worry too much - that shop girl would probably die up on the trails you travel

I think we all living that getting this app for this or that,,if we got all the apps we would not have any room on our phone for anything else,,usually if I do not get it the first time,I jist leave it and eventually it comes to me and I go back to the phone and do it electronics

Someone told me it's all Appening on your phone,
I do believe it, I do believe it's true
Whoa oh whoa, Whoah oh Whoa
On your phone, on your phone, on your phone

EVERYBODY asks me to download their app - stores, banks, health club, even my electric company!

You can always delete an app if you don’t like it.

I've tried one for a local grocery that I like (Sprouts) but I've found the app more trouble than it's worth. For my wife and I it's much easier to go through their weekly and online ads for specials.
Maybe if the store and what we wanted there were more complicated I guess.
It's still on my phone but we never use it. My wife doesn't even have it.

Some request I refuse

I revel in my incompetence...

They shouldn't require it for those who want a coupon...if anything, they should have some readily available for those who don't want to use apps or who might have missed the store mailers. It isn't like they are losing boat loads of money...

I do have a ton of apps on my phone...some are for stores but a lot of them are just useful things

They can keep their apps. I don't shop much so wouldn't save much. Why clutter up my phone (which barely gets used) with shit that will slow it down, yet save me 12$ if I spend 500$?

In short, an app is so they can get all your personal information and likes from beign abel to montor your phone use. They collect the data and sell it to marketing companies.

My sister instead of goign with the app asked them to delete, or at least stop sending her, email

There is a point to where technology no longer makes life easier, but makes it more complicated. Just because they want you to do something, and you can do something, does not mean it is in your interest to do it.

Living in an area with lousy traffic I have more apps on my phone than I like, most to order food so i can pick it up and eat in a decent amount of time. The idea of a store app is to try and win your loyalty, the business world has forgotten about good customer service and decent prices.

No one is forcing you to download the app. But if you want the coupons, then you're going to have to suck it up and download it.

I was in Food4Less, the local big box Kroger chain, and saw pasta on sale for $0.49 per pound. Then I noticed the fine print said that I had to use their app. so much for that idea.

It seems every business is inviting us to download their AP, if I do as they want my battery would got out in 5 minutes. I just downloaded my basics like GoogleMaps, Pandora and a couple more...

Wow, best read ive had allday! Theres a new term I picked up on this week, "LoadRage", I have def felt this before, and its an epidemic I read,lol And it has everything to do with having to do anything online! I have become immune to loadrage finally,lol practiceing loadrage patience has become like a marshall art for me, its to be mastered as best as to my ability,lol.

It should not be necessary to get store coupons without an app. The clerk was uninformed.

I've installed apps thinking they would improve my shopping experience and connection to stores - Sprouts and CVS come to mind. But the apps were klugy, and I get all news about specials and coupons from emails. So I uninstalled them.

We know you are not incompetent. I bet you not many there would be able to make a lovely jacket as you are making, or have the stamina for going on long hikes either.

I don't think anyone ( at least not people my age ) actually uses these things because they are "bloatware", or programs that provide no real functionality and take up space on your hard drive. On top of this, they can track you and gather info about your spending habits and preferences that will be used to attempt to sell more things to you in the future. This info is bought and sold to other companies that will more or less track you forever.

To many people have voluntarily turned over their privacy. And for what? So you can share cat pictures online? Most people think they are getting a good deal using facebook for free. The reality is you are getting ripped off.

You know you can uninstall apps once you use them, right?

I'm am often asked for my phone number when I purchase something, I politely say no and sometimes they try to say its required.. It's bullshit...

I'm very blasé about my info. I'm a statistical outlier who's broke, so I'm just a bit of random noise in their stats anyway.

They do but I ignore them. Never seen any advantage to sharing my preferences to the corporate global world!

My kroger app works wonderfully.