Eh, the body has been dead, this is just “giving up the ghost.” Don’t shoot the messenger. It is what it is.
Now we have a choice: focus on identity issues, or do what is right for everyone. Good luck, world.
Eh, the body has been dead, this is just “giving up the ghost.” Don’t shoot the messenger. It is what it is.
Now we have a choice: focus on identity issues, or do what is right for everyone. Good luck, world.
That’s on you
In some ways, loss leading can be done in more or less ethical ways. For instance, a small mom n pop hardware loss leading on lumbar or hammers and taking a reasonable profit on ten penny nails. Or something, maybe a better example is the Costco 1.50 all beef foot-long dog and soda but their memberships are reasonable profit for those who would go often enough and buy enough to make it worth it. It’s late and I’m tired, I hope you get the general gist. But yes, doordash is just double-dipping on the sleazy. And maybe loss leading isn’t ever acceptable, but I’m simply unaware/haven’t thought of reasons that make it so. I’m willing to hear any argument against any of it, though.
That’s your takeaway? It’s like Walmart moving into a town and undercutting indie business prices until the indie businesses close, then raising prices.
What doordash is doing is scraping restaurants’ websites for prices, taking a temporary loss, then going to the restaurants saying, “We got all these orders, it’s a win for both of us!” to sell the contact, then raising prices and tacking on extra fees, making money off the restaurants and the customers
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Occasionally I run into glitches on various instances, but visiting the original post on the original instance works. Lemmy is new enough that I didn’t mind seeking workarounds, by asking or fiddling around. Best!
I know. As individuals, our scope is limited. Mutual aid, direct action is probably the best option, for the foreseeable future. In some areas, it’s herding cats.