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> There is a difference between selling donuts in the coffee shop and preventing anyone who drinks your coffee from buying a competitor's donuts. Isn't the re

> There is a difference between selling donuts in the coffee shop and preventing anyone who drinks your coffee from buying a competitor's donuts. Isn't the resolution the same in each case? If you have an iPhone and you want to install an app from another store, you have to buy another phone. It's the same with these deals with Android, just overt.

m45t3r 3y ago
In most cases I can buy a donut from a competitor's and eat inside the coffee shop as long as I buy some product from the said coffee shop. Apple prevents that I bring an outside donut from competitor's, while Android allows it. That is basically the difference.
- ralfd 3y ago
  I don't know what restaurants you frequent, but I can't think of anyone being okay with bringing outside meals or beverages. Probably you are just not kicked out because staff is not noticing or apathetic. I only know of the concept of Corkage, where you pay the restaurant a fee if you bring your own wine to drink: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2626/corkage-fee-guide.html https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2626/corkage-fee-guide... > A corkage fee is the price charged to guests who choose to bring their own bottle of wine to a restaurant. Corkage fees usually exist at restaurants that already serve wine. The practice of allowing guests to bring their own wine is considered a courtesy to guests. … The average corkage fee ranges from $10 to $40 per bottle but may be as high as $100 or more.
  - m45t3r 3y ago
    > Probably you are just not kicked out because staff is not noticing or apathetic. Or you know, they don't care as long you're a paid customer. BTW, I didn't say anything about restaurants. Coffee shop in general have much more of a lax atmosphere, so they generally don't care too much.
    - johnnyanmac 3y ago
      >Or you know, they don't care as long you're a paid customer. Some do, some don't. In my experience, Starbucks couldn't care less as long as you buy a coffee (and even then couldn't care less. maybe a restaurant would care more but it's on bar logic: they don't mind lending seats until paying customers come in). Smaller shops tend to be more strict about doing that kind of thing.

m45t3r 3y ago

In most cases I can buy a donut from a competitor's and eat inside the coffee shop as long as I buy some product from the said coffee shop. Apple prevents that I bring an outside donut from competitor's, while Android allows it. That is basically the difference.

ralfd 3y ago
I don't know what restaurants you frequent, but I can't think of anyone being okay with bringing outside meals or beverages. Probably you are just not kicked out because staff is not noticing or apathetic. I only know of the concept of Corkage, where you pay the restaurant a fee if you bring your own wine to drink: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2626/corkage-fee-guide.html https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2626/corkage-fee-guide... > A corkage fee is the price charged to guests who choose to bring their own bottle of wine to a restaurant. Corkage fees usually exist at restaurants that already serve wine. The practice of allowing guests to bring their own wine is considered a courtesy to guests. … The average corkage fee ranges from $10 to $40 per bottle but may be as high as $100 or more.
- m45t3r 3y ago
  > Probably you are just not kicked out because staff is not noticing or apathetic. Or you know, they don't care as long you're a paid customer. BTW, I didn't say anything about restaurants. Coffee shop in general have much more of a lax atmosphere, so they generally don't care too much.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    >Or you know, they don't care as long you're a paid customer. Some do, some don't. In my experience, Starbucks couldn't care less as long as you buy a coffee (and even then couldn't care less. maybe a restaurant would care more but it's on bar logic: they don't mind lending seats until paying customers come in). Smaller shops tend to be more strict about doing that kind of thing.