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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by jiofih on Friday January 01, 2021 @02:42PM (#25606112)
They only do this ruse for a while, then after controlling a good chunk of the business they “sell” their services officially to the restaurant, including commission. It’s not a charity.
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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by cleak on Friday January 01, 2021 @03:20PM (#25606600)
But it's up to the individual restaurants to agree to this. There's no automatic 30% commission. If a delivery company wants to burn their capital offering discounts, why stop them? The restaurant is under no obligation to sign a contract taking on the burden of kreping those discounts.
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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by jiofih on Friday January 01, 2021 @04:29PM (#25607376)
Very naive view. They will be “strongly incentivized” to sign once the company can threaten to pull their listing off and vanish 50% of their customer base. Nothing new here, standard growth playbook.
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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by splaytreemap on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:13AM (#25610576)
So then why would California force them into that very situation?
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