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Food delivery apps (Uber eats, Deliveroo, Menulog, etc) are just another silicon valley scam 'fixing' a problem that did not exist.
The restaurants get stung for ~30%, yet are pressured to have a presence on the apps lest they lower thier market prescence, the gig worker delivery drivers get paid poorly and have no benefits, and ultimately the costs get shoveled onto the consumer impacting the highest year on year increases in fast food on record.
Opt out. Buy from places that have their own delivery service. Actually walk or drive or public transport to the restaurant and eat out - no waste from the delivery containers. Fuck the tech bros, we had fast food and delivery working just fine before their shitty apps arrived.
It's Platform Capitalism.
You insert yourself as a convenient middle-man then jack up the rents once enough people move on to your platform to trigger network effects.
Enshittify until basically no one but a few execs and investors are profiting.
And to any engineers who think they're on the winning team: look at the gig workers you help exploit. That's the future of your vocation.
Maybe not 'fixing' a problem, but they certainly vastly improved on the existing service aspect of food delivery. Which is the aspect I care about.
Figuring out which local restaurant does and doesn't currently deliver (which would change on a daily basis) was one of the main problems. Restaurant can still have their own delivery drivers but having a central place to look up who is currently (in-real time) delivering and what is a big improvement. Also I don't want to call or talk to people, so every restaurant would need it's own system to take online orders. Doesn't seem realistic.
Brilliant. You can also cut down on commute/travel time and cost by just staying home. Or fix your depression by stop being sad! Big brain.
Your local food delivery places make changes to if they do delivery or not on a day to day basis? Do you live in a warzone? This is nonsense.
TFW too scared to dial 9-11 because would have to speak to someone. dies
'Big brain' indeed.
Those services sure are nice when your whole household is locked down with COVID.
Not everyone has access to businesses that also deliver, outside of pizza and Chinese food.