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Re:Uber, DoorDash Sue NYC to Stop Delivery Drivers from Gett... by klyrs on Monday July 10, 2023 @06:32AM (#36664355)
Yep. Now do the math on living in NYC with a car payment making $7/h.

The alternative is restaurants hiring delivery drivers with reasonable ranges. There are a few of these in my area and I greatly prefer them. The food arrives on time and hot, every time.

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Re:Uber, DoorDash Sue NYC to Stop Delivery Drivers from Gett... by JumpCrisscross on Monday July 10, 2023 @06:55AM (#36664568)
> alternative is restaurants hiring delivery drivers with reasonable ranges

The next step would be restaurants near each other banding together to share a pool of delivery workers. In practice, I think that is what these platforms will become. The city divided into zones, each zone with a set of drivers, and consumers strongly encouraged to order from in zone.

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Re:Uber, DoorDash Sue NYC to Stop Delivery Drivers from Gett... by senttoschool on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:09AM (#36664697)
Aren't these delivery apps intelligent enough to already group restaurants and nearby drivers together?
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Re:Uber, DoorDash Sue NYC to Stop Delivery Drivers from Gett... by JumpCrisscross on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:10AM (#36664708)
> Aren't these delivery apps intelligent enough to already group restaurants and nearby drivers together?

Yes. But there are clearly other factors of higher weight. I am not usually shown the closest restaurants first, but instead close enough restaurants.

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