> Uber Eats & friends outcompeted previous iterations of services If by 'outcompeted' you mean spent massive amounts of investor money to give free stuff away

> Uber Eats & friends outcompeted previous iterations of services If by 'outcompeted' you mean spent massive amounts of investor money to give free stuff away at a loss until they starved their competitors of traffic and/or bought those competitors outright. A lot of restaurants are fighting back by just setting up their own websites and gradually improving them, and hiring drivers directly. Ultimately I think the pendulum will swing back this way, because as much as it may be nice to have a unified UI, it's not worth paying significantly more for food that takes longer and arrives cold. Especially when, as you say, the system hurts everyone involved in actually preparing & delivering your food. > I was a fan, I no longer am Ditto.