[gumby]

> Google just provides an API that allows restaurant ordering from Maps, Search etc. It connects to the ordering platforms (e.g., DoorDash) [1]. The ordering platforms integrate with this API by uploading data feeds and implementing a server with specific interface. [2]

> I don't think Google even takes a cut!

Yes officer, I did leave the bank door unlocked as a favor to my friend, but I didn't even get any of the stolen money!

[kevinschumacher]

This is a fair take. But in your analogy, we'd go after the thief, too, right? And the thief would get a harsher sentence?

Yet there's no lawsuit against the thief.

[gumby]

Door dash is odious and needs a comeuppance, no question. But their theft does not acquit their accomplices.

[sumedh]

> Yet there's no lawsuit against the thief.

Maybe they want to fight Google first and then sue the other parties depending on how the Google lawsuit goes.