I agree. Not to mention that for many places the whole check-in bit a moderate hassle.
EG: Panera Bread.
Go in to get a coffe and a bagel in the morning.
Take out phone, launch app.
Oops, can't connect. Panera has free wifi, but I have to open the browser on my phone and check a little box and hit submit. Go back to the app, let it figure out where I am. No, I'm not at Baby Gap (next store over) at 7AM, I'm at Panera. Finally check in. And then... nothing... kind of anti-climatic really.
Meanwhile, I'm juggling credit cards and rewards cards and a drink and a bagel with the cashier.
If I'm lucky, I might get to be Mayor and get $1 off or something, which equates to earning about 2 cents for every checkin.
I played with 4sq and some of the other location services for a while, but just never got any value out of it proportionate to what I put into it time-wise.
EG: Panera Bread.
Go in to get a coffe and a bagel in the morning. Take out phone, launch app. Oops, can't connect. Panera has free wifi, but I have to open the browser on my phone and check a little box and hit submit. Go back to the app, let it figure out where I am. No, I'm not at Baby Gap (next store over) at 7AM, I'm at Panera. Finally check in. And then... nothing... kind of anti-climatic really.
Meanwhile, I'm juggling credit cards and rewards cards and a drink and a bagel with the cashier.
If I'm lucky, I might get to be Mayor and get $1 off or something, which equates to earning about 2 cents for every checkin.
I played with 4sq and some of the other location services for a while, but just never got any value out of it proportionate to what I put into it time-wise.