I think it's more accurate to say that The Better Business Bureau is Yelp from the 1910s.

That's strange to me that you'd compare something that's been around longer to the thing that's more recent in this way

The point is that despite their deliberately confusing decision to have the word "Bureau" in their name, they have absolutely nothing to do with the government or anything official. They are as official as JD Power, Consumer Reports or Yelp. I wonder how many millions of people continue to be fooled by their deceptive name?

Federal Express is not part of the federal anything, yet nobody is confused by that.

I'm sure people are confused by that.

People get confused that the Chamber of Commerce isn't a government body.

even more so as in some countries and industries membership is mandatory.

but also, delegating certain responsibilities to non-govenment bodies does happen too. these then have quasi governmental authority.

this made me laugh