• Zenith@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Why tf is Uber notifying people of anything not directly related to a ride they’ve ordered??

  • tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Ridesharing is an improvement on some of the problems of privately owned cars. Its more equitable and accessible. It saves the necessity of giant parking lots.

    Public transit is even better!

    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Yes, in principle. However, uber have a well known history of skirting labour laws, skirting taxi laws and doing so to undermine competition and then jack up prices. Risesharing is better than owning a car, but monopolies in how that works are not good for anyone except uber.

      • tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 month ago

        My high school econ teacher pointed out that New York used to have a fixed number of taxi licenses.This made competition illegal and kept the price up.

  • hark@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    When tiktok did this, politicians took that as a sign to further ban efforts. When does uber get banned?

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    1 month ago

    “Everyone in the city”. Hyperbole much? They didn’t send it to every single person in the city.

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        1 month ago

        Or deliberately misquoting somebody to change the scope of their statement. “Everyone” is not in op post, unless he edited it out. I’m on op side here, though 😝