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Why is San Francisco's solution to everything to just throw in more random regulations? If delivery fees for a particular service are too high, another service

Why is San Francisco's solution to everything to just throw in more random regulations? If delivery fees for a particular service are too high, another service can undercut them. It's a pretty crowded space. If people want to pay exorbant amounts for delivery they should be able to make the informed choice to do so. Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean it should be regulated out of existence. Regardless in this case all the delivery companies will do is adjust their pricing so it costs the same amount while lowering the "delivery fee". Or maybe just stop offering delivery in less profitable cases.

Larrikin 5y ago
>Or maybe just stop offering delivery in less profitable cases With how ridiculous the fees are Id prefer this personally. Delivery once upon a time was free for pizza or a few dollars tops if you were outside a very tight delivery zone and the delivery person was directly employed through the restaurant so they made a decent wage for a restaurant gig. Over seas I'd constantly see McDonald scooters zipping around Dubai and Tokyo so it's possible to do delivery even when the person doesn't bring their own car. Door dash does it's best to hide how far a place is from you but happily increase the fees so you can get a luke warm sandwich and cold fries from the restaurant across town instead of the one a few blocks away with the same name that isn't currently delivering. During a pandemic where everyone was basically forced inside these companies were barely profitable so it's not even a business model that really works. Door Dash did their best to race to an IPO before the had the rug pulled under them like We work. I'd rather have the middleman die out and individual restaurants go back to offering delivery.