Ask HN: What's up with these DoorDash dark patterns? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What's up with these DoorDash dark patterns?

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Post by hackerfromthefu » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 4:00 PM UTC

woutr_be wrote: post #30

spike021 wrote: post #16

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I've had kind of similar things before with DoorDash or UberEats. They'll show I have a discount or some amount off ($5 usually), and then only once I'm ready to actually submit my order the full fine print shows up that I needed to have a subtotal of $30, $40, or whatever. Maybe that's fine for a family but for one person it stinks to think "oh cool I've got a discount" and I waste my time thumbing through restauran…

I truly don't get these kind of patterns, because to me, it just looks like they'll miss out on orders from people (like you), who thought they would get a discount, but then end up not getting it and cancelling their order. Surely it would make more sense to advertise that customers can get a $5 discount, if they order for $30 or more. That way, if your order only adds up to $25, I would be inclined to order a side…

Not only cancel, but have a negative reaction to the app, and avoid ordering in future when they may have if treated fairky.

Re: Ask HN: What's up with these DoorDash dark patterns?

#152

Post by bradgranath » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 8:46 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #143

jareklupinski wrote: post #142

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what do you use now? caviar is still alright in my neighborhood but I'm looking for the next thing...

> what do you use now? Call the restaurant or go out. We had a window of honesty. But when purveyors lie about from where their food comes, and everyone from the delivery people to the restaurants and developers go along, the chain is morally bankrupt.

See, obviously they just left out the blocks. If that chain was blocked? BOOM BABY! Absolute true fucking truth and the best Indian food you ever tasted.

Just add some blocks.

Re: Ask HN: What's up with these DoorDash dark patterns?

#153

Post by ksherlock » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 12:12 AM UTC

mbit8 wrote: post #59

dejawu wrote: post #20

It's insane. I once found a restaurant that had ghost kitchen'd itself EIGHTEEN times: https://i.imgur.com/7jwBlFG.png Some of the name variations are pretty funny though.

Is this even legal? In the country where i live you need to first register a business and can't make up funny names out of your mind directly into DoorDash

Fictitious names aka trade names aka doing business as aka d/b/a is a thing and it's legal. But generally to be legal it needs to be filed with the state or local government (or whatever). Some places in the US also require a notice in the newspaper as well.