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Re:Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps... by atonse on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:32AM (#23779952)
I'm just reading more that this business model was never going to work the way it is right now given the thin margins in restaurants and the cost of delivery drivers.

With automation, it might change the economics. I think that's what everyone's betting on. I think the Ubers and all are just trying their damndest to not completely drown until driver automation reaches a certain stage. They obviously can't openly say that because there would be revolts from their drivers.

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Re:Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps... by ghaff on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:53AM (#23780198)
>They obviously can't openly say that because there would be revolts from their drivers.

Uber at least has been quite explicit about that. It's somewhere between delusional and what's known in the vernacular as "lying" but investors who are either naive or are cynically bought into the greater fool theory lap it up.

Delivery specifically can work in dense areas but it mostly relies on local kids or family members working for peanuts and can't really pay for overpriced SV engineers or VC yachts.

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