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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by vkou on Friday January 01, 2021 @08:06AM (#25602976)
Because most restaurant owners want to be in the business of running a restaurant, not litigating some out-of-state entities with billion-dollar warchests.

Doing the former is working two full-time jobs, as is.

Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by Frost1x on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:20AM (#25603812)
People tend to forget how critical resources are in our country to rights. You often need time, money, expertise, etc. to enter legal battles and if the costs of those resources outweigh the benefits, you often allow your legal rights to be infringed. Pursuit of some rights are cost prohibitive because everything in the US is so tightly tied to finances.

Many of your rights in the US are directly tied to your financial resources, not only in the sense that you have the resources to litigate or absorb failed litigation but even in the sense that those with massive financial resources essentially buy their own rights through legislation.

Let's not pretend the justice system doesn't have underlying flaws that allow justice to skew one way or another from money alone because it does. If you're on trial for a serious offense, you're probably not going to use a public appointed attorney if you can avoid it because we know how the legal system works and how financial incentives will attract better legal representation in the private sector than those for public appointment.

This idealized and fictionalized system where I can walk into a court of law and defend myself or use a public appointed counsel and 'win' as long as I've done nothing illegal or unjust is a laughable joke for many legal battles, especially those of more significance.

Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by tylersmith on Friday January 01, 2021 @02:04PM (#25605725)
Them not wanting to handle their own problems is not a reason for the State to subsidize solutions for them.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by vkou on Friday January 01, 2021 @04:03PM (#25607084)
The entire purpose of legislature is to legislate solutions to problems that society faces.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by tylersmith on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:08PM (#25608749)
Not to legislate solutions to private businesses' disputes.
Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by vkou on Friday January 01, 2021 @11:49PM (#25610476)
Business disputes are handled through the legal system.

1. The legal system is a direct product of legislature, as are the rules that it enforces.

2. It is absolutely the legislature's responsibility to step into systemic, one-to-many disputes, especially when there is a gross power imbalance between the two sides.