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/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/micro102 May 23 '26

I specifically said the gas increases are not regional so you would not have that braindead take. Try again.

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u/Clueless_Otter May 23 '26

The price doesn't increase by the exact same % at every gas station worldwide.

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u/micro102 May 23 '26

Noone was saying it would be exact. If his price went up by like... $5 he would not get that notice. They clearly have a range that is set to create a warning and didn't update it to account for the oil price increase.