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Seems like manufactured outrage. The screenshot and messaging look pretty clear to me: "Covid19 has made it tough for local businesses and their employees. Share your support by donating..."

No doubt yelp has done some shitty things in the past, but I really don't see how raising funds for distressed businesses could be one of them.

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Raising funds for a distressed business using their trademarks and branding without their consent is pretty shitty. A substantial part of business is just in branding and controlling that branding.

Wouldn't you think after that prompt that this is something the business owner wants to happen, and not something that Yelp decided to create without coordination, and potentially conflicting with the actual businesses plans of raising money?

"All the proceeds go directly to the business" also seems unlikely if there wasn't any coordination to set up payouts beforehand.

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