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by dyladan 3599 days ago
How do you plan to compete with or differentiate from any of the sites you are aggregating? My usual flow for seeing if restaurants are good generally goes like this:

1. google places near me 2. see google reviews for place 3. maybe read 1 review from whichever review company is highest on google's results 4. go back to step 1

Aside from the fact that this is iOS only (I have Android), requires Facebook, and violates the ToS of the services you are aggregating, I just don't see any compelling reason to change my habits from what they already are.
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benkarst 3599 days ago
From my habits, I've found you really don't get the full picture using one platform. Google Users will review a restaurant in a completely different way than Yelp users. Zomato users are looking for different things than say a facebook user. That's why they all have different average scores.

1. I have a friend cloning the app right now for android. Many of the things brought up in this post (like requiring facebook ) will be changed

2. Copying review results does not violate the terms of services. https://www.quora.com/Is-it-legal-to-use-review-information-...

"In the US, so long as you have the legal right to access the data to begin with (i.e., you didn't crack into someone's system to get it), yes. Simple facts, and things like mathematical analysis of those facts, cannot be copyrighted."

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