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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by paranoidrobot on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:23AM (#25602490)
The difference between what delivery services like Doordash and what Taxi companies are doing is that Doordash is holding themselves out to be the company.

There's several instances where Company A has had Service Provider B set up a website in the name of Company A, update Google Listings to replace the Phone number and website of Company A with their own version of the site.

Then when an unwitting customer calls the number given, they're actually talking to Service Provider B, not Company A.

Taxi services don't hold themselves out as the personal driver service for the company you're going to.

Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by powerapple on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:19AM (#25602753)
I totally agree with you. The business of Doordash should be legal while the exact practices you described above are illegal.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by RHSeeger on Friday January 01, 2021 @09:49AM (#25603598)
The problem is how to allow the former while preventing the latter, in a way that is reasonable for small businesses.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by alisonkisk on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:22AM (#25603836)
Just prosecute the fraudulent misrepresentation of the restaurant.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by balls187 on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:10PM (#25604685)
Lawsuits aren't cheap both in terms of time and money.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by pseudalopex on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:54PM (#25605069)
The state prosecutes crimes.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by balls187 on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:15PM (#25605254)
Not if there isn't a law that is being broken.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by gwright on Friday January 01, 2021 @02:08PM (#25605762)
You mean like "fraudulent misrepresentation"?