Interesting thing to note about the BBB is that it is a federation of independent businesses with loose national control. I understand that to the consumer the

Interesting thing to note about the BBB is that it is a federation of independent businesses with loose national control. I understand that to the consumer they look the same, but this argument is a bit disingenuous to compare the BBB, a non-profit weak national entity, with these globally internet focused ratings businesses. Each BBB region has control over only their region.^1 The BBB you might be referencing about is the BBB of LA, which no longer exists and this 2015 article mentions: https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/30/news/better-business-bureau/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/30/news/better-business-bureau... That BBB was then merged into the Silicon Valley BBB, a totally different set of people and operations. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau