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		kube-system on May 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chicago will now require food delivery apps to dis... You rarely know what middlemen are charging for basically anything that has middlemen. This is not new territory invented by the tech industry. When was the last time you bought a product or service and they did tell you what their margins were?

take_a_breath on May 13, 2020 [–]

Temp staffing agencies show customers their markup. In the tech world, examples like airBnB and fixer (started by Grubhub co-founder) show it’s not unheard of.

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