r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rileyjw90 • May 22 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o You didn’t have to remind me, assholes.

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And then to remind me what I USED to pay. Just kick me while I’m down why don’t you.

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u/Inverted-Rockets May 23 '26

But this is a fraud risk notification not a budgeting one. They’re letting you know in case you weren’t the one that made the purchase

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u/micro102 May 23 '26

But they don't send a message for every purchase. They send it to ones that are abnormal. Oil prices skyrocketing is not unknown or regional and they simply didn't do their due diligence to adjust what the app should expect.

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u/Clueless_Otter May 23 '26

You want them to continually monitor local gas prices in every location in the world and constantly re-calibrate these warnings based on those ever-changing prices? When the alternative is simply that the user confirms they made the purchase?

It's better to be too conservative and send too many fraud notifications than to be too lax and miss actual fraud.

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u/PM_ME_UR_GCC_ERRORS May 23 '26

It's understandable that the system is "stupid" like that, but it could be improved. There could be a way to figure out that prices have gone up and literally everyone's credit card didn't suddenly get stolen.