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points by whatever1 10 hours ago | 0 comments

Cool they will now charge $50 per delivery and give the drivers -10$ ?

There is zero cost of building matching systems (maybe 200$ worth of Claude subscription). Drivers and restaurants will be better off if they build their own ones. These centralized platforms need to die ASAP.

[–] moate 10 hours ago

That sounds great, now convince consumers they don't want Monopoly one-stop platforms where they can order/purchase anything they can think of.

[–] whatever1 10 hours ago

Google maps has the website links of your restaurants. You can just click it and order there.

The restaurant then can broadcast the driver demand and delivery prize in their website. Drivers can be scanning all the restaurants in their area and decide if they want to take it or not. Restaurants over time will build lists of reliable drivers whom they will favor when matching.

[–] moate 8 hours ago

Dude, I pickup my own food with my own car 99/100 times.

I'm not saying a system couldn't be designed/work. I'm saying time and time and time again, it's been shown that consumers want a monopoly platform for convenience.

[–] whatever1 6 hours ago

Oh that is fair. So maybe cost can help drive the decision? If going direct gets me delivery with $10 but door dash needs $40 I am incentivized as a customer to go direct.