Restaurant tablets crash mid-rush because delivery apps force OS updates

Delivery platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats ship dedicated tablets to restaurants, but these Android tablets auto-install OS and app updates during peak hours, causing the device to freeze or reboot while orders are streaming in. When the tablet goes down for even 3 minutes during a Friday dinner rush, the restaurant misses incoming orders, those orders get reassigned or canceled, and the restaurant's acceptance rate drops — which the algorithm then punishes by deprioritizing them in search results for days afterward. This persists because delivery platforms control the tablet firmware and push updates on their own schedule, and restaurants have zero ability to defer or schedule updates since the devices are locked down.