Seems like buying games to remove them from your competitor is a scummier thing to do.

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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (5 children)

There's an argument for using these services in the early stages because they often operate at a loss in the hope that they will secure a monopoly in the future. The trick is to immediately abandon them when they jack the price up. I recently heard that in the food delivery space virtually no one is turning a profit.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    Even worse, it's costing the food places you order from money. We have a lot of restaurants here that will give you free stuff if you do not use Thuisbezorgd which is owned by Just Eat Takeaway. They also own the American Grubhub since 2021 and are also active in the UK, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands.

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    Correction they no longer own Grubhub, and are active in a lot more countries than I first thought, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Eat_Takeaway.com

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Why would a restaurant allow delivery services if it causes them to lose money?

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