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Yelp is making me get their app to confirm my restaurant reservation

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

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  • njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My goodness, if a restaurant needed me to have a Yelp app to confirm my reservation I wouldn’t be eating at that restaurant.

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    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You download the yelp app and leave a 1 star review. Restaurants will get the picture.

      Leave one on Google Maps too so that Yelp can’t scrub it.

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    • lechatron@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep! Huge red flag.

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      • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yelp, huge red flag.

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  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would cancel and tell the restaurant why.

    Businesses need to know why they lose customers, because if enough of them report the same reason, they might do something about it.

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would cancel and tell the restaurant why.

      Oh, absolutely immediately.

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    • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In a perfect world, yes, but it’s not always easy to change plans at the last minute.

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      • Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You call the restaurant and explain the reason, they would be super happy to mark as cancelled on Yelp, but still keep booked on their system: Yelp is not giving this service for free, but they charge a lot of money on each single reservation.

        And hopefully realize to stop offering the service at all

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      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You didn’t pay a deposit for the seat, and everyone on the planet is near their cell phone or someone else’s. We have two each, here. It’s NOT like the news of a venue change won’t reach everyone.

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  • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    View desktop site, that gets past this bullshit 9 times out of 10.

    Fuck 'em on principle though.

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    • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My first thought too, but it didn’t work in this case - even opening the link on my PC told me to install the app.

      Luckily I found that just replying “yes” to the message worked.

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    • Artyom@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Call them, gets past this bullshit 10 times out of 10.

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  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Here are the list of trackers contained in Yelp’s app according to Exodus:

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    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And pray tell can you show me where to grab this “exodus?”

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      • DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here you go: reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/

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    • Nighed@sffa.community ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If I don’t give it any permissions, does it actually do anything though? They only run when the app is open I assume?

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yelp is a scam. They call local businesses non stop

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    • ChillPill@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wasn’t Yelp the one that was calling up businesses offering to remove bad reviews for the right price?

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      • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They had some reviews that said that, but I can’t seem to find them anymore…

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes

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  • hades@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have to download an app to confirm the reservation?

    <three sentences not containing the answer to the question>

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    • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Its posed as a question, and the answer doesnt definitively say yes or no. Therefore, totally legal, cool and normal

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  • hakase@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just cancelled my gas station rewards program because they moved everything to a mandatory app. I will not use your app.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bro please it’s just a little bit of data we promise we won’t price discriminate against you in the future you’ll never regret it come on

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  • affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    please bro just download one more app. please, your phone has so much space. we need more data come on bro please

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  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just pick up the phone and call them then

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    • RadicalEagle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is what it feels like to grow old.

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    • trk@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      voice call

      Yeah, nah

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    • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve had more than one place tell me “we only take reservations through the app” when calling. It’s not for lack of effort, for many.

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      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “we only take reservations through the app”

        “I’ll tell my friends to steer clear, then. Gnight!”

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Dang.

        In the case of a restaurant who hasn’t had a table sit empty in years, going app only is probably an easy sell. Solid little labor and hassle reducer.

        Sigh…

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  • KuroiKaze@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for the heads up, I was gonna eat here again soon

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re a mafia, so this would make sense.

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  • nao@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does calling them work?

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    • lechatron@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Calling a restaurant, in this economy?

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      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah. I go in, in person. I do that for my doctor’s office too. Easier to get appointments.

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  • lemmywinksthegerbilking@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re not helping (South Park ref)

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