SoftBank’s Vision Fund Loses $17.7B on WeWork, Uber

Re:SoftBank’s Vision Fund Loses $17.7B on WeWork, Uber by mikeg8 on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:20PM (#23229939)

I think the owners are tired of giving up so much control - your proposal sounds too similar to the platforms they are trying to leave.

Without having the first-hand knowledge of parent comment, my assumption is restaurateurs want more control of both the marketing and the delivery process. I don't think there is enough $ in the pie to pay a third party for marketing and a 3rd party for delivery. I believe the desire is to go back to something they can more directly manage (traditional delivery worked for them), but have an online ordering/POS tool that is easy to use/find from a google search. The consumer does not care if the order is delivered by an employee or someone on a network.

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Re:SoftBank’s Vision Fund Loses $17.7B on WeWork, Uber by basch on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:42AM (#23231597)

The cost of using drivers between restaurants has to be cheaper than each restaurant having it's own exclusive drivers. Labor is a huge component of restaurant costs, and having idle hands is bad. It's no different than time sharing.

There's no reason they have to use a third party marketing company, if they want to build their own menu and run their own ads.

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