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I agree, the downfall of Yelp was its hard push for people to install the app, e.g. requiring an account to see all the reviews, requiring the app to see the ph

• caust1c 7y ago
  On top of that, once you install the app you get constant push notifications and the reviews are shit anyway. There are plenty of places I love which have 3 stars and plenty I hate which are 5. Granted, Google and other crowdsourced review platforms have the same issues. Personally, I've fallen back to critics reviews of restaurants. At least they have a reputation to uphold if they give a good review to a bad restaurant.
  • CharlesColeman 7y ago
    > On top of that, once you install the app you get constant push notifications and the reviews are shit anyway. Their app is also probably continuously tracking your location. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/loca...