I appreciate where you're coming from, but understand this is a very personal issue for me. I've been dealing with it for the majority of my life.

I'm not going to challenge the specific merits of food delivery. But everyone deals with their disorder in their own way. For example, I solve this issue by simply living next to a grocery store in a walkable area. It's something I've worked towards over time.

What infuriates me is someone trying to code something as "ADHD-adjacent" - and in this case, pass it off as though exploitative gig service delivery apps are some kind of accessibility measure. We are particularly susceptible to the weapons of the information age, which has engineered easy dopamine hits within the reach of our fingers at all times. They are NOT there to make our lives better. They are there to exploit, profit, and manipulate.

Speaking as an adhd person:

I cannot afford to use these services.

I cannot deal with their bullshit, and, as someone with marginalized aspects of my identity, cant deal with their spyware.

I can, however, walk about a block to a 24 hour grocery store or pizza place thats open late. If i fucked up.

Nearly every single restaurant had food delivery services prior to Uber/Doordash's existence. Many still have.

I mean, there's a reason pizza delivery scooters have been a thing since the 1980's.

I feel seen

Other delivery options help or like pre-ordering pickup on apps have saved my life, but there was a span where I was living on delivery because I couldn’t shop..still kind of can’t figure out what my ‘easy’ foods can be that are also not gonna make my heart hurt.