This is in line with "midtechs" in peripheral countries that operate "rideshare" and delivery apps becoming "fintechs" and offering banking services. After monopoly, the only path is always financialisation.
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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Burritos here went from $6-7 ten years ago, to $10-15 now. I've basically stopped buying them from restaurants. Double that to have it delivered? No thanks.
In London, £15 for a takeaway meal is reasonable. Of course a decade ago, that was a fiver
I still remember a Mexican place that had a “worker’s lunch” of two tacos or a burrito and a can of soda for $5.
I discovered today that the gig economy food delivery precariat are riding rental electric scooters marketed specifically to them.
https://www.hmpbikes.com/pages/rental-page
Same thing Uber did
Im honestly surprised it took this long, i legit remember thinking that this was just around the corner 6-8ish years ago when i first tried ordering through a mobile app.