Starbucks tried something similar in Vancouver, but it didn’t last long. You’re already IN the store, you’ve already BOUGHT the drink. Getting hammered with third-party ads as a condition of remaining in the store to check messages was just too much and it was abandoned after a few months. But hey, reduce security so you can push me some more spam? Sure.
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