I'm not here to defend UE at all but some of the comments about its use are kind of going in the direction of how any discussion of UE/Doordash/etc on reddit go

I'm not here to defend UE at all but some of the comments about its use are kind of going in the direction of how any discussion of UE/Doordash/etc on reddit goes where people may seem to forget that something easy for them isn't as easy as it might be for someone else. Most of the convos turn into "I can't believe anyone is stupid enough and so lazy as to waste their money on these apps when you can just drive to the place and pick it up and save $5-15+. Why are people so stupid? Make these apps run out of business!! Stop supporting them! Go get it yourself!" hundreds of times over and people are just absolutely bewildered that they're used vs someone picking up orders themselves. Sometimes you'll see a comment or three about people who genuinely need the service, like the disabled, those without transportation, etc. I use UE a LOT. 5-10+ times a week maybe. I live in the middle of downtown in a major city (USA) and all of my UE deliveries are 10-25 minute drop-offs. I won't order anything that takes 30+ unless I'm having a serious craving. I do NOT live in a part of town with a good selection of restaurants, it's about a 5-20 block walk in either direction. Now a lot of people would go "10-25 minutes? how lazy are you?" That's 10-25 minutes for someone who is ALREADY out cruising around and near the restaurant to pick up and drop off my order. If I were to drive to get it it'd take me ~5+ just to pull out of my garage and head that direction. Then I'm crossing through downtown traffic and probably have to find some parallel parking and often pay a meter. It'll easily take me 40-1hr to get back with food and I just had the displeasure of dealing with a lot more stress than backing my car out of a suburban driveway. Just as an example that I deal with all the time, I'm in a food/pharmacy desert. The nearest Pharmacy is 3 miles away. That sounds pretty close but this being downtown that's a 20-25 minute drive minimum not including getting to the car, parking, etc. It takes me about 1 hour every month of just driving back and forth to get medications I can't get shipped. I take a 2 hour lunch break to deal with it. If you're driving 30 mph it would take about 6 minutes to go 3 miles with no interruptions. It takes me ~25. If I walked it would be a 10 minute walk to the rail, a 5-15 minute ride on the train, a 5-10+ minute walk to the restaurant then reverse everything. I'm uncomfortable biking around this city so while that would be the perfect method I just won't do it. Bike theft is absolutely rampant and the infra just isn't great. I won't leave my bike outside for a second unattended. I'm 100% paying for convenience and a stress-free experience (99% of the time). It's not cheap and sometimes an order is messed up or missing something but that's honestly pretty rare in my experience. I will happily add the price of a beer or two onto my order to not deal with everything I mentioned above. I hate having to do my pharmacy trip and I'm lucky enough to own a vehicle. I feel so bad for my neighbors who don't and have to spend hours bussing around.