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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by rurp on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @03:12PM (#20628476)
Most companies face stiff competition and that's no reason to excuse immoral behavior. Not to mention that Google tried to acquire Yelp and was turned down. Either Yelp's plan to take on Google always included copious dark patterns, or their earlier plans totally failed and this is what they've fallen back on. Either way Yelp can't die soon enough.
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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by soup10 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:05PM (#20629618)
What are you talking about stiff competition? Google just lazily cloned it and hijack the results of restaurant searches so they win by default.
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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by monitorman on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:15PM (#20629715)
You challenge that it is stiff competition in your first sentence, then you define that Google is, indeed, stiff competition in your second.
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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by soup10 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:04PM (#20630144)
Hijacking search results because they are sour the Yelp deal didn't go their way isn't competing LOL. They've already been fined billions for similar behavior.
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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by goobynight on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:21PM (#20630267)
They own the search results. Google isn't a public utility that gets hijacked.

Yelp can start their own search competitor if they enjoy(ed) the synergy.

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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by soup10 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:36PM (#20630360)
EU regulators disagree.
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