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Re:Grubhub is using fake websites to drive up commission fee... by gruez on Sunday June 30, 2019 @10:04PM (#20321918)
Not really. Elsewhere in this thread, people pointed out that there's a clause in the contract that allows this. So whoever was higher up probably told them (rightly), that it was a service that restaurant owners wanted. I mean, who doesn't a free website generated for their business? They'd need to dig deep to find how it was harming the business.
Re:Grubhub is using fake websites to drive up commission fee... by justaguyhere on Monday July 01, 2019 @09:16AM (#20324940)
Software developers are not that dumb. The most likely scenario is whoever coded this knew what was going on (maybe not all the details) but chose to ignore, because paycheck. Same with other shady stuff like dark patterns, facial recognition (like Amazon's) and so on...

Also there is legality and then there is ethics. Something in the contract might be perfectly legal, and yet unethical.