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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by syshum on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:13AM (#25603758)
this law is designed to protect those companies who already made billions on abusing existing laws by making it seem like what they did was legal, a "loophole" in the law that is now "closed" for new competitors

They are not "new entrants" in the market, they have a network effect now so it will be preferable to them to sign exclusive deals with restaurants to further ensure there can not be any competition

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by SamoyedFurFluff on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:27AM (#25603874)
So the alternative should be that we should continue to funnel VC money into every new predatory impersonation business?

Sometimes it really is a loophole that is now closed, and the government can’t subsequently dissolve all companies they’ve used it, they can only ask companies to stop.

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