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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by paxys on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:15PM (#38224636)
I mean yeah, doing it as a third party service without the restaurant's involvement or consent will obviously get you backlash. People aren't pissed with Dorsia, for example, which does it right.
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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by bmmayer1 on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:15PM (#38227006)
It was almost a decade ago, and the experiment lasted a week, and I earned $20 total...so I assume everyone has let it go at this point ;)
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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by lupire on Saturday November 11, 2023 @08:05AM (#38229983)
Eye opening to be reminded that "startup" business on the Internet that make the industry news are often really just little hobby projects.
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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by bmmayer1 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @03:49PM (#38234360)
That was my learning too. Went viral for a side project I did on my couch in 5 hours when I was bored.
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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by kelipso on Saturday November 11, 2023 @07:09AM (#38229623)
Lol yeah, it's literally just scalping via an app.
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