[ianamartin]

If this economic downturn helps put extortionist companies like Yelp out of business, bring it. The companies that survive or resurrect will be better off without them.

That's the free market. When things are booming, pigfuckers like yelp are free to seek rent and extort. When things go bad, hopefully yelp and yelp-like things go down with everyone else.

I don't wish unemployment on anyone who actually works for a living. But the C-suite and investors of companies like Yelp can take a dive, as far as I'm concerned.