This is exactly right, from the creator of ReservationHop:
"To be honest, I haven’t spent a lot of time thinking through these questions." http://brianmayer.com/2014/07/how-i-became-the-most-hated-pe...
"To be honest, I haven’t spent a lot of time thinking through these questions." http://brianmayer.com/2014/07/how-i-became-the-most-hated-pe...
The difference is Zurvu actually partners with the restaurants, helping them move empty tables. They may request a certain number of tables be free per night, but because they partner with the restaurants (that they prominently display), that presumably comes with kickbacks to the restaurant in question.
And Killer Rezzy's goal is to allow restaurants to monetize reservations. While this may suck for those of us who don't want to pay an entrance fee to eat, it's certainly not harming the businesses they depend on.
"If somebody is willing to pay for it, is it really unethical?"
There we go - if there's a paying market for something, it's totally ethical. Off I go to found assasins.io - murder for hire disrupted.