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1. dzonga · 1790195655 · focus · HN ↗

   services like door-dash are literally built on a concept of a sucker pays more. you order a meal that costs $10. total charge comes to $25. then delivery worker made $5 on that order. + the delivery worker expects a tip.

   which means the company sees both the delivery worker and the person who ordered as suckers. no wonder ride-share companies jumped onto food-delivery.

   1. robomartin · 1790198078 · focus · HN ↗

      > services like door-dash are literally built on a concept of a sucker pays more

      Strongly disagree with your entire narrative, one that it demonstrably disconnected from reality.

      Nobody is forcing anyone --at all-- to use these services. Not one person. Not one company. Not a single law or mandate. If I want to use it and you don't, that's perfectly fine. If I, for whatever reason, want to pay a premium and you think it's stupid, that's fine too. Don't use it. I will. Simple as that.

      What's the opposite of that? Obamacare. Mandated and forced on everyone. It's shit. It's three times the cost of the insurance we were all promised we could keep if we wanted to (and we could not, because Obamacare killed those plans). Etc.

      See the difference there?

      1. mandeepj · 1790200713 · focus · HN ↗

         > Mandated and forced on everyone.

         Nope. It's a marketplace. Your above argument is perfectly applicable to it as well.

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