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What I don't understand is why seemingly the majority want to opt-out. Sure, it's a bit weird and presumptuous and they botched the communication, but these bus
by _bxg1 7y ago
What I don't understand is why seemingly the majority want to opt-out. Sure, it's a bit weird and presumptuous and they botched the communication, but these businesses really are struggling and they're potentially being handed free money?
Edit: I know Yelp has a track record of being scummy, it's just that in this case the catch isn't clear from my perspective
- eesmith 7y agoDNA Lounge already has a Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/dnalounge https://www.patreon.com/dnalounge and a one-time donation page at https://www.dnalounge.com/donate/ https://www.dnalounge.com/donate/ . What happens if an alternative GoFundMe site, auto-generated by Yelp, results in a reduction of the overall donation stream? Then it wouldn't be "free money", would it? So, who decides if this plan is appropriate for the business? Hint: not Yelp. Which is why it shouldn't be opt-out. Plus, Yelp was defaulting to a 15% cut for Yelp. So if people were going to send $1,000 to a restaurant, but did it through Yelp instead of directly, then that would be an overall net loss.
- true_religion 7y agoA lot of restaurants are not struggling. Their chefs are still working and their waitstaff have turned into delivery drivers. This doesn’t work for every fancy restaurant where the markup was for the experience but for food worth it’s price, it’s still worth it at home.