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Those rules don't really matter if they aren't enforced.
by ryanlol 11y ago
Those rules don't really matter if they aren't enforced.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's up to us as citizens to request for speedier enforcement of those rules. That's why I keep raising the point. Most people don't even know Uber is operating illegally; instead, they act surprised and upset when local governments try to move agaist the "pretty cool taxy company".
- ryanlol 11y agoI think ignoring the nature of the rules they're breaking is rather silly, as those rules are mostly designed to protect the existing taxi monopolies rather than to prevent the society from disintegrating.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI wouldn't make such a big issue if it was only breaking rules promoting existing monopoly (which I agree is pretty crappy). There's also tax rules, safety rules, promoting the idea of a fast-moving startup with enough money to throw at lawyers that they can attack laws directly (evil megacorps have at least the decency to bribe government officials), as well as a whole laundry list of their management being assholes, all of it together strongly suggesting that if Uber succeeds in breaking the existing monopoly and establishing their own, they'll be strictly worse for everyone, customers included. Uber is nice now because it still needs people's support, but everything they did over the years strongly suggests that they'll turn hostile to their users as soon as they're safe to do so. They simply don't care about people.
- ryanlol 11y agoI don't really see Uber violating tax or (real) safety rules. I agree that we don't want to see an Uber monopoly, but there's much bigger problems with them than the fact that they're fighting ridiculous legislation. Also, it's called civil disobedience.