No regrets. Restaurants hardly break even with food delivery services. Their benefit of being a "restaurant discovery" platform doesn't apply after first order. Then people go to support local businesses... and 30% of their bill gets siphoned off by silicon valley.
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it’s not their investments or the network people criticize, it’s the way they treat workers and to a lesser degree, restaurants.
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Yeah, this. Also these kinds of businesses are much, *much* less exploitative in countries which have, like, a working, universal health care system
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The externalities created upon workers who are now in the front lines, underpaid, and lacking legal protections against unfair labor practices.
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Gonna agree with Liz here. Among other reasons: • not clear that delivery is safer than curbside • not clear that these businesses are net good in the common case — do restaurants consider them good business partners? Do gig workers feel like they are getting a fur shake?
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I think you were ahead of the curve here in your previous statements about prepared food becoming the norm
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International information arbitrage should be worth zero but really, really isn’t. (In both directions.)
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I was going to inform you that an incredible number of relatively well-off people are pretty sure it would all be just fine if we didn't have trivial conveniences like basic food + essential goods delivery infrastructure but I see they've already found you
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I'm annoyed that the government doesn't step in and subsidize those services. Food delivery is essential and neccesary to reduce spread in the times of COVID. Last mile delivery should ultimately be a public utility.
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