Five companies now control over 90% of the restaurant food delivery market

Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Mon, Jul 14, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

WalterBright wrote: post #141

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #11

This is essentially the story of tech companies across nearly every industry where they have come to dominate. This is one reason that I see most tech companies as essentially a net negative for society at large, as the goal is nearly always to control a large monopoly (and this is fully admitted by many tech leaders, e.g. Thiel) which the Internet makes possible. Pre-Internet you would see the same dynamics, but usu…

Big business is the engine that drives the economy. Small businesses are the future big businesses. Economies where big business is discouraged don't do very well. Small business doesn't have economy of scale, nor can it raise the capital to do big projects. > extreme concentration of wealth Big business does not concentrate wealth. What you're seeing is the creation of wealth. This created wealth then flows out into…

Post by zugi » Mon, Jul 14, 2025, 1:23 AM UTC

fasterik wrote: post #101

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #11

This is essentially the story of tech companies across nearly every industry where they have come to dominate. This is one reason that I see most tech companies as essentially a net negative for society at large, as the goal is nearly always to control a large monopoly (and this is fully admitted by many tech leaders, e.g. Thiel) which the Internet makes possible. Pre-Internet you would see the same dynamics, but usu…

There's a George Carlin bit about politicians. The punchline is "the problem isn't the politicians, it's the people." His point is that nothing emerges from a vaccuum. Politicians are people just like everyone else, they're just responding to incentives created by a majority vote. Tech companies are just like any other company, except a lot more people are willing to pay for their goods and services. If Carlin were a…

Post by astrange » Mon, Jul 14, 2025, 1:24 AM UTC

folkrav wrote: post #111

astrange wrote: post #88

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Five companies in an industry isn't a monopoly. That's very competitive actually.

How? Do these 5 companies even operate in the same places? Around here we have DoorDash, Uber Eats, and that’s pretty much it. We have SkipTheDishes, which was present before the other two outside urban areas, but I don’t even bother talking about them, most restaurants in the area have switched away from them. The other alternatives just never existed outside highly urban areas or have simply been pushed out by the…

Post by mkbelieve » Mon, Jul 14, 2025, 1:30 AM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 14, 2025, 1:40 AM UTC

WalterBright wrote: post #145

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #129

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Here's the bit on Youtube (I couldn't find an Archive link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSAxtIYM08 This is the right conclusion, and I love sharing that video for that reason. As of 2025 everyone globally has everything they need to make the world a great place for everyone. Instead, people continue to take the lowest energy route for their personal actions, which means they do not even think about the external…

> I've tried to start multiple non-heirarchical anarchist cooperative organizations and the number one challenge is finding people who will put the group ahead of the individual. It just doesn't happen. I could have saved you the trouble if you'd just asked me! Over 20,000 communes have been started in the US. None have survived. What baffles me is why people keep believing they can work. Free markets work because it…