[riverdroid]

Be aware of platforms publishing a 'proxy' phone number so they can still collect their fees: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20756878/yelp-grubhub-comm...

[lupire]

Why? Do you also beware of restaraunt waiters collecting a fee for bringing you food you could get directly from the cook?

If you want to undercut an affilate referral, go to the restaurant ditrctlry instead of a third party leadgen site.

[vineyardmike]

> If you want to undercut an affilate referral, go to the restaurant ditrctlry instead of a third party leadgen site.

The whole issue is that the leadgen site is pretending to be the real restaurant to collect a fee. This isn’t just “why complain that DoorDash takes a fee when you use DoorDash”. It’s “company X is pretending to be restaurant Y in order to add a fee while providing no value added”.