On September 9, the Supreme People's Court issued 9 typical anti-unfair competition cases by the 2026 People's Court. One of them involved the use of order-grabbing “physical plug-in” products to disrupt the platform's fair competition order, which is exemplary in protecting the platform's economic health standards. Three companies, including a technology company, are operating entities of a takeout platform and a crowdsourcing platform. Since 2024, the three companies have received numerous complaints, reporting that some riders used external devices to grab orders on a crowdsourced platform. After investigation, the three companies discovered that an electronics company opened two stores on an e-commerce platform to sell a product called a “slider” to the outside world, and posted a tutorial video on how to use the product. The tutorial guides riders to connect the relevant device to the crowdsourcing platform app. Through setting instructions, they can quickly refresh orders and automatically grab orders without manually touching the phone screen. The speed of order grabbing is much faster than normal manual operation. According to statistics, the cumulative sales of this slicker product reached millions of yuan. The three companies believed that the aforementioned acts carried out by an electronics company constituted unfair competition, so they went to court.

On September 9, the Supreme People's Court issued 9 typical anti-unfair competition cases by the 2026 People's Court. One of them involved the use of order-grabbing “physical plug-in” products to disrupt the platform's fair competition order, which is exemplary in protecting the platform's economic health standards. Three companies, including a technology company, are operating entities of a takeout platform and a crowdsourcing platform. Since 2024, the three companies have received numerous complaints, reporting that some riders used external devices to grab orders on a crowdsourced platform. After investigation, the three companies discovered that an electronics company opened two stores on an e-commerce platform to sell a product called a “slider” to the outside world, and posted a tutorial video on how to use the product. The tutorial guides riders to connect the relevant device to the crowdsourcing platform app. Through setting instructions, they can quickly refresh orders and automatically grab orders without manually touching the phone screen. The speed of order grabbing is much faster than normal manual operation. According to statistics, the cumulative sales of this slicker product reached millions of yuan. The three companies believed that the aforementioned acts carried out by an electronics company constituted unfair competition, so they went to court.