DoorDash

“easily make $2k/month for his rent and survive in the meantime”

“DD is a necessary evil they put up with but strongly dislike overall”

“Only real option is to use an Uber which is more expensive than using DoorDash.”

“Doordash promptly increased their fees to customers by 30-50%, making it the most expensive place to get delivery in the country”

“having the better DoorDash promos with the better platform”

“DoorDash, at least for a while for me, was significantly cheaper than Instacart for grocery delivery”

“A subsidized Doordash every month is just an added bonus.”

“the platforms use every dark pattern and psychological trick in the book to get you to work for less”

“it's quite nice when I'm sick or extremely busy”

“there's no doubt the restaurant was incentivized to prioritize delivery orders over customers sitting in front of them”

“Delivery services charge ~30% and increasingly police the practice of charging different amounts for items in person vs. in app.”

“the _availability_ of the service is providing a price-adjustment for urgency that matches my own rational prioritization”

“IME the cost was much more than that, when you factor in the difference in menu price, the delivery fee, the tip, and the govt surcharges.”

“It's a magic food delivery machine. It's the closest thing to the Star Trek Replicator we have.”

“DoorDash has a ton of grocery delivery, it's the only one i use for that now”

“DoorDash benefits from desperate people who slowly transform their vehicle into cash by laboring thousands of hours.”

“Here in urban San Diego, there are lots of restaurants with no nearby parking”

“DoorDash and Instacart are godsends for families on the go who don't have time to do all this stuff anymore.”

“I am a generally happy customer of both parties for years now”

“I don't like how the delivery companies double-dip by charging both the restaurant AND the customer for a delivery”

“DoorDash etc. gives us a variety of options that we mostly didn't really have before.”

“I'm paying for that convenience, and I'm fine with it.”

“I don't think the platforms or their terms are fair to restaurants, delivery drivers or perhaps even customers”

“The problem is they use exploitative labor practices”

“gig work sucks. But yes the service is most sensible for higher paid consumers.”

“If I want to use it and you don't, that's perfectly fine. Don't use it. I will.”

“the part where they use tips to offset driver pay is evil and people should be in prison for it.”

“But the fees are barely noticed when feeding my family of 5.”

“the 30 minutes I saved is worth the $15”

“DoorDash is a logistics company performing a service that restaurants do not like running (delivery)”

“even if you call they just say some specialised team needs to look at it and they'll email you back, surprise, they never do.”

“they just say some specialised team needs to look at it and they'll email you back, surprise, they never do.”

“it gives me a refund for the failed delivery because it didn't score me as doing fraud”

“Uber and Doordash are both examples of abusing workers and their resources to externalize costs on the worker”

“Apps like Doordash have introduced me to many good restaurants which I've then visited in person.”

“I much prefer Doordash to having to call up the restaurant like in the old days”

“They take 30% of the order from the store owner after adding their own additional fees to the order that customers pay.”

“all DoorDash does is give you the consumer more options”

“they kept the restaurant industry alive during the pandemic”

“Abusing my wanting to give hard-working drivers extra is where I draw the line, and it's a damn shame that this is legal.”