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>10yrs ago [...] ordering a hotdog on doordash would be cutting edge and barely doable? Online food ordering is a lot older than 15 years.
by tokai 2y ago
>10yrs ago [...] ordering a hotdog on doordash would be cutting edge and barely doable?
Online food ordering is a lot older than 15 years.
- rchaud 2y agoDoordash is not the same as traditional online ordering. DD and all delivery apps are 3rd party middlemen that set their own menu prices and operate separately from the restaurant. Through this kind of obfuscation, they incentivize the growth of things like ghost kitchens, which are basically faceless factories. Nobody would order from them if they drove by one. but on the apps, they are displayed as standalone restaurants.
- falcor84 2y agoWhile I know there have been some issues with working conditions at ghost kitchens, I've also heard tons of horrible stories from regular kitchens, so it's not clearly to me that there's a significant difference on that front. As for referring to them as "faceless factories", I can't even start to imagine what sentiment that should evoke in me. I don't have an issue buying food products made at actual factories, and have visited quite a few. As such I don't have any issue ordering from a ghost kitchen located in an industrial area that may look like a factory on the outside.