> I assumed previously that they were having the business owner pay them out, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
In the silliest case, they might just be doing the VC funded growth thing where they're subsidising the cost of your restaurant meal with VC money in order to grow the base of users who are in the habit of using the app, without the restaurant being involved.
In the silliest case, they might just be doing the VC funded growth thing where they're subsidising the cost of your restaurant meal with VC money in order to grow the base of users who are in the habit of using the app, without the restaurant being involved.