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The irony struck me too.

chrisseaton 11y ago
Where on earth is the irony? He wishes he didn't have this competitor. He doesn't say he thinks what they're doing is illegal or unethical. He doesn't say they should be stopped by anyone. He just wishes they weren't around. You're thinking he's said things which he hasn't.
- Avshalom 11y ago
  he's not wishing about "they", he's wishing about "the world"
- elbigbad 11y ago
  Given the context, "I wish the world wasn't that way" means "I wish we didn't live in a world where people could unprofitably pour money into a market to grab market share to kill off competitors." It's ironic because it's exactly what they have done in other markets, but they're not complaining about where they were successfully the aggressor, but instead where they are the victim of the tactic.
  - chrisseaton 11y ago
    > "I wish the world wasn't that way" means "I wish we didn't live in a world where people could unprofitably pour money into a market to grab market share to kill off competitors." I don't see how you've come to that conclusion without asking him to clarify what he means. Everyone's down voting me like I'm an evil person. I'm just defending him because I think it's lazy to attack someone's point of view with the withering criticism of 'ironic', when the actual words on the page don't really support it.
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    - elbigbad 11y ago
      I don't need to ask him to clarify because I can infer what he means from the context. I can't downvote things, but I don't think you're getting downvoted for your opinion or for anyone thinking you're evil, but my guess would be that it's perhaps for your unusually generous reading of the comment. It's pretty clearly ironic that Uber would complain about this.
    - airza 11y ago
      I think everyone's downvoting you because any other explanation of the quote makes very little sense.
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- thebrettd 11y ago
  I thought he was lamenting the fact that Uber has to compete with an unprofitable organization buying their market share. In an article about how his very own company is losing 1B a year to exist in that market. If that isn't irony, I don't know what is.

Where on earth is the irony? He wishes he didn't have this competitor. He doesn't say he thinks what they're doing is illegal or unethical. He doesn't say they should be stopped by anyone. He just wishes they weren't around. You're thinking he's said things which he hasn't.

Avshalom 11y ago
he's not wishing about "they", he's wishing about "the world"
elbigbad 11y ago
Given the context, "I wish the world wasn't that way" means "I wish we didn't live in a world where people could unprofitably pour money into a market to grab market share to kill off competitors." It's ironic because it's exactly what they have done in other markets, but they're not complaining about where they were successfully the aggressor, but instead where they are the victim of the tactic.
- chrisseaton 11y ago
  > "I wish the world wasn't that way" means "I wish we didn't live in a world where people could unprofitably pour money into a market to grab market share to kill off competitors." I don't see how you've come to that conclusion without asking him to clarify what he means. Everyone's down voting me like I'm an evil person. I'm just defending him because I think it's lazy to attack someone's point of view with the withering criticism of 'ironic', when the actual words on the page don't really support it.
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  - elbigbad 11y ago
    I don't need to ask him to clarify because I can infer what he means from the context. I can't downvote things, but I don't think you're getting downvoted for your opinion or for anyone thinking you're evil, but my guess would be that it's perhaps for your unusually generous reading of the comment. It's pretty clearly ironic that Uber would complain about this.
  - airza 11y ago
    I think everyone's downvoting you because any other explanation of the quote makes very little sense.
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thebrettd 11y ago
I thought he was lamenting the fact that Uber has to compete with an unprofitable organization buying their market share. In an article about how his very own company is losing 1B a year to exist in that market. If that isn't irony, I don't know what is.