For context, this was removed from 4 other subreddits. https://www.reddit.com/user/Trowaway_whistleblow/submitted/
Looks like some were automod and some just went into modqueue, only one was actually removed by mods.
I'm a developer for a major food delivery app
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#12So are we talking Uber eats here?
I'm sure this isn't limited to any single company. It's just typical VC/techbro company playbook.
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#13Without evidence this is just fiction, I don’t trust some random Reddit post.
Knowing the tech industry it sounds entirely plausible. I'm surprised people think this is news.
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#14If this would come out for Bolt that my tip won't reach 100% to driver/delivery guy, I would quit using it. Lying to users about especially when they want to be generous is like fake beggars.
It doesn't matter if 10% of users quit using it if the stolen tips from the other 90% more than cover it. And where are you going to run? The competition isn't any better.
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#15For context, this was removed from 4 other subreddits. https://www.reddit.com/user/Trowaway_whistleblow/submitted/
Yet is seems entirely feasible.
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#16Another food delivery app anecdote: they will always blame the restaurant for their lack of driver supply. I've had orders stuck on "preparing your food" for an hour but when I called the restaurant they said it's been ready for 40 mins and they're waiting for someone to come pick it up.
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#17"Human assets" is a bad euphemism, but one company I know of used the term "NPCs".
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#18If this would come out for Bolt that my tip won't reach 100% to driver/delivery guy, I would quit using it. Lying to users about especially when they want to be generous is like fake beggars.
It doesn't matter if 10% of users quit using it if the stolen tips from the other 90% more than cover it. And where are you going to run? The competition isn't any better.
You don't _need_ the competition, either. Just pretend it's 2005 and acquire food some other way.
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#19More evidence for my theory that the only reason Uber et al are able to exist is because they have an infinite supply of suckers signing up as drivers. Any McJob pays better now.
I remember when everyone was talking how we would all be gig workers and it was going to be the best thing ever. I am eagerly awaiting seeing whose legal department if any poop their pants tomorrow. Maybe if we're lucky we'll even see an 8-K soon.
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#20If this would come out for Bolt that my tip won't reach 100% to driver/delivery guy, I would quit using it. Lying to users about especially when they want to be generous is like fake beggars.
It doesn't matter if 10% of users quit using it if the stolen tips from the other 90% more than cover it. And where are you going to run? The competition isn't any better.
I think that's very cynical perspective. Probably you are correct, but if they were all corrupted, I could try starting my own. I'm probably naive but I still believe being ethical and profitable at the same time is possible.