Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub Can Take a Cut (2019)

Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by hnick on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @12:01AM (#25120415)

This could be stored on a computer now, though. But numbers can be fudged.

Taiwan had an interesting way around this with a receipt lottery. Ask for a receipt, it has a number on it that enters you in a lottery. Presumably the generation of this number means the sale was reported.

https://guidetotaipei.com/article/taiwan-receipt-lottery-%E7...

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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by carlmr on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:46AM (#25120886)

Portugal and a few other countries have that, too, it's very effective.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/02/28/g...

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