California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaurant without an agreement

Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by aquadrop on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:14AM (#25602451)

Then the law should be about making it clear status of the restaurant. Just forbidding everything seems like wide sweep action that can stifle a lot of other good/innovative business models. Not something government should do.

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by alexander-litty on Friday January 01, 2021 @08:14AM (#25603009)

It is far more unpredictable to litigate based on intent and public perception.

If an app displays a phone number but doesn’t say it belongs to the restaurant, is that making the current partnership clear or unclear? It’s a question left to precedent, which means there is a chance the legislation would not have teeth.

Instead of throwing restaurant owners into that mess, the new law we have today forbids a specific set of provable behaviors.

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by WalterBright on Friday January 01, 2021 @05:25PM (#25607867)

All the law has to say is that the delivery service must note next to their restaurant advertisement that they are not affiliated with or an agent of that restaurant.

This would be a simple provable thing.

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