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Why Yelp should Seriously Eat S*^&% and Die

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Daniel Mondello vents about Yelp's business practices and monopolistic control over business listings, with his primary grievance being that Apple's SIRI function pulls contact information from Yelp, forcing him to engage with the platform despite not wanting to. The thread discusses whether Yelp exploits businesses through aggressive monetization tactics and whether online review platforms are becoming unavoidable costs of doing business in automotive sales and service. The broader consensus suggests that while Yelp's practices may be problematic, dealers increasingly have no choice but to manage their presence there given the platform's massive traffic and integration into smartphone functions.

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