{"slug": "doordash", "name": "DoorDash", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 8, "warners": 2, "score": 1.791, "rising": 3.0, "first": "2026-09-24", "latest": "2026-10-29", "why": "DoorDash has a ton of grocery delivery, it's the only one i use for that now because instacart has a payments bug.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2, "compare": 1, "warn": 2}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "DoorDash has a ton of grocery delivery, it's the only one i use for that now because instacart has a payments bug.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.doordash.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["DoorDash"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 804661968, "item_id": 50291373, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291373", "by": "subarctic", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "DoorDash has a ton of grocery delivery, it's the only one i use for that now because instacart has a payments bug.", "excerpt": "DoorDash has a ton of grocery delivery, it's the only one i use for that now because instacart has a payments bug. Very weird that the only two big competitors in this space in North America can just merge like this", "context": "", "use_case": "grocery delivery", "switched_from": "Instacart", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 804660256, "item_id": 50291266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291266", "by": "leecoursey", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use DoorDash all the time.", "excerpt": "I use DoorDash all the time. Here in urban San Diego, there are lots of restaurants with no nearby parking \u2013 so you either have to park blocks away in a residential neighborhood or have a companion who can grab the food while the driver circles the block. Or carry your tacos home on the bus.", "context": "urban San Diego resident", "use_case": "restaurant food delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for $17B"}, {"id": 804634480, "item_id": 50289655, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289655", "by": "Liuser", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I am a generally happy customer of both parties for years now (I pay for dashpass)", "excerpt": "On the other countering opinion, I am a generally happy customer of both parties for years now (I pay for dashpass). I think I\u2019m probably one of their heavier users as I use both services multiple times per week. Food generally arrives warm and if not, a quick heat up in the air fryer generally solves most things. Soup based noodles are generally packed separately that you need to prepare it at home anyway. My main g", "context": "heavy user, uses services multiple times per week", "use_case": "food delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 804692064, "item_id": 50293254, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293254", "by": "whyenot", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The whole thing felt like a ripoff. Incredibly expensive and low value.", "excerpt": "During Covid, I used DoorDash to get a pizza delivered. The prices were so inflated. They wanted $70 for a large pizza from Round Table. When, much to my admitted stupidity, I went ahead and ordered, the pizza arrived cold. Then, I felt I needed to tip the driver. The whole thing felt like a ripoff. Incredibly expensive and low value. I have not used them or any food delivery service since.", "context": "", "use_case": "food delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 804690048, "item_id": 50293128, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293128", "by": "ivegottapocketf", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I cannot wait for the day DoorDash ceases to exist.", "excerpt": "I used to use DoorDash and Instacart almost daily. Then I got a retail job. I see and interact with hundreds of people a day. DoorDashers are the worst of the worst, by a mile. I cannot wait for the day DoorDash ceases to exist. I can spot a DoorDasher from a mile away. There are three types of DoorDashers. The first is the kind who is most likely not here legally. They come barreling into the store with their speake", "context": "retail worker", "use_case": "delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}]}], "who": [{"by": "saghm", "context": "doesn't own a car", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50292916", "date": "2026-10-29"}, {"by": "leecoursey", "context": "urban San Diego resident", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291266", "date": "2026-10-29"}, {"by": "Liuser", "context": "heavy user, uses services multiple times per week", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289655", "date": "2026-10-29"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["food delivery", "grocery delivery", "delivery", "food and grocery delivery", "restaurant food delivery"], "compared": [{"slug": "instacart", "name": "Instacart", "co": 6, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287919", "title": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart", "mentions": 6}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289859", "title": "DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for $17B", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49821608", "title": "DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "warn": 2, "compare": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 804729857, "item_id": 50295616, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295616", "by": "nikolay", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "compare", "quote": "I hope we can get the best of both worlds with having the better DoorDash promos", "excerpt": "I use both for grocery delivery. The grocery platform of Instacart is better, so, I hope we can get the best of both worlds with having the better DoorDash promos with the better platform.", "context": "", "use_case": "grocery delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 804692064, "item_id": 50293254, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293254", "by": "whyenot", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The whole thing felt like a ripoff. Incredibly expensive and low value.", "excerpt": "During Covid, I used DoorDash to get a pizza delivered. The prices were so inflated. They wanted $70 for a large pizza from Round Table. When, much to my admitted stupidity, I went ahead and ordered, the pizza arrived cold. Then, I felt I needed to tip the driver. The whole thing felt like a ripoff. Incredibly expensive and low value. I have not used them or any food delivery service since.", "context": "", "use_case": "food delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 804690048, "item_id": 50293128, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293128", "by": "ivegottapocketf", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I cannot wait for the day DoorDash ceases to exist.", "excerpt": "I used to use DoorDash and Instacart almost daily. Then I got a retail job. I see and interact with hundreds of people a day. DoorDashers are the worst of the worst, by a mile. I cannot wait for the day DoorDash ceases to exist. I can spot a DoorDasher from a mile away. There are three types of DoorDashers. The first is the kind who is most likely not here legally. They come barreling into the store with their speake", "context": "retail worker", "use_case": "delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 804686657, "item_id": 50292916, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50292916", "by": "saghm", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I've ordered from both of them, albeit not recently", "excerpt": "I'm not sure what the third company you're referring to is (I've read through the article twice and only see DoorDash and Instacart (which I guess is incorporated as \"Maplebear\", but not a separate company from what it sounds like), but I've ordered from both of them, albeit not recently (my wife and I have been using FreshDirect lately). The value proposition of getting groceries delivered for us is that we don't dr", "context": "doesn't own a car", "use_case": "food and grocery delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 804661968, "item_id": 50291373, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291373", "by": "subarctic", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "DoorDash has a ton of grocery delivery, it's the only one i use for that now because instacart has a payments bug.", "excerpt": "DoorDash has a ton of grocery delivery, it's the only one i use for that now because instacart has a payments bug. Very weird that the only two big competitors in this space in North America can just merge like this", "context": "", "use_case": "grocery delivery", "switched_from": "Instacart", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 804660256, "item_id": 50291266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291266", "by": "leecoursey", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use DoorDash all the time.", "excerpt": "I use DoorDash all the time. Here in urban San Diego, there are lots of restaurants with no nearby parking \u2013 so you either have to park blocks away in a residential neighborhood or have a companion who can grab the food while the driver circles the block. Or carry your tacos home on the bus.", "context": "urban San Diego resident", "use_case": "restaurant food delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for $17B"}, {"id": 804634480, "item_id": 50289655, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289655", "by": "Liuser", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I am a generally happy customer of both parties for years now (I pay for dashpass)", "excerpt": "On the other countering opinion, I am a generally happy customer of both parties for years now (I pay for dashpass). I think I\u2019m probably one of their heavier users as I use both services multiple times per week. Food generally arrives warm and if not, a quick heat up in the air fryer generally solves most things. Soup based noodles are generally packed separately that you need to prepare it at home anyway. My main g", "context": "heavy user, uses services multiple times per week", "use_case": "food delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"}, {"id": 797249232, "item_id": 49828077, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828077", "by": "kelnos", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm paying for that convenience, and I'm fine with it.", "excerpt": "> services like door-dash are literally built on a concept of a sucker pays more. you order a meal that costs $10. total charge comes to $25. Not sure where you're getting your numbers, but when I use these services, the price comes out to something like 20%-30% more than the in-restaurant cost (yes, including the common practice of restaurants increasing menu prices on delivery sites to offset the delivery company's", "context": "", "use_case": "food delivery", "switched_from": "", "story": "DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why"}]}