The fact that Delivery Hero is giving up on its home market can probably be described as an involuntary decision.
It is an acknowledgment of the reality that as a loss-making company you have to rely on the benevolence of your creditors - and can only afford a limited amount of staying power for operations that don't immediately deliver good news.
It is quite possible that Delivery Heros delivery service could have prevailed in this country in the long term.
But the company didn't have the time: The setback that its share price recently suffered on news of a failed takeover in Saudi Arabia means that higher interest rates can be expected if Delivery Hero wants to place the next convertible bond.
The company is dependent on the capital from these, as it persistently writes losses.
So it must - at least in the eyes of CEO Östberg - leave opportunities in Germany.
This is part of the reality when you play in the top stock market league instead of in the start-up world.
In view of the worldwide cutthroat competition in delivery services - almost all of which are in the red - news of this kind is likely to come from other companies in the near future.