It's not Uber who's providing the knowledge, but Google or whatever (freely available) mapping backend the drivers / Uber App use. Yes, Uber does pay other thi

It's not Uber who's providing the knowledge, but Google or whatever (freely available) mapping backend the drivers / Uber App use. Yes, Uber does pay other third parties for services. That's not socializing the costs. Similarly, a bar paying Kingfisher to manufacture beer is not "socializing the costs" of providing me with entertainment. Do they require it, or do they "require" it like proper insurance? I've only used Uber across 3 separate continents, but I've never rode a poorly maintained Uber. Also, even if they didn't, this isn't "socializing the costs". The cost of poor maintenance is born by the driver and the passenger. Destruction of provisions for those "worse off" in said market - i.e. it's fine if you're young and live in the middle of the city, but try getting an Uber as a grandma living on the outskirts. That's not "socializing the costs". At most, that's privatizing something that you would prefer to be surreptitiously socialized. Also, Uber makes it easier rather than harder for said Grandma to get a ride. As for "Weakening of social trust in rule of law", many things do this. For example, black Americans and others violating unjust laws as part of civil disobedience has the same effect. Is protecting respect for the law truly an important value when the underlying law is unjust?