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>The point is that most people as the supplier aren't doing Uber, AirBnB, etc because they like it. They're doing it because they don't have any other good alte

by strken 10y ago

>The point is that most people as the supplier aren't doing Uber, AirBnB, etc because they like it. They're doing it because they don't have any other good alternatives. How do you know this? The last five uber drivers I've had have been - a bloke on the way home from the gym - the owner of a small accountancy firm, also on the way home - an IT student from China who talked about PHP with me - a Korean migrant who really hated taxi companies and was saving up for a house - a CFO for a smallish company who was driving people around because he had to pick up his wife from the airport in a few hours They all seemed pretty okay with uber. Only one, the student, was driving as a primary source of income, and he was doing about 20 hours a week and making more than he would in any other job.

tmuir 10y ago
1. 5 day old account 2. Wide array of feel-good details to check lots of boxes 3. Completely anecdotal and therefore unverifiable 4. Facebook-level knowledge of people you likely spent 10 minutes with 5. Glowing review of Uber Isn't Fear Uncertainty and Doubt great?
- yummyfajitas 10y ago
  Here's another anecdote from a very old account. A boy from Bihar, moved to the big city, wanted to drive an auto rickshaw but the Marathis have all the licenses on lockdown. All Uber cares about is that he has a rating > 4.3 stars - ethnicity is irrelevant. (This is also why the racist political party is trying to get Uber shut down.)
- strken 10y ago
  2. When you ask a stranger about themselves, they put their best foot forward. People are pretty varied. 3. My experience has been that uber drivers in my city work part time for supplementary income. This is a verifiable assertion, but I don't have the means to carry out that verification. However, the assertion that I was responding to has no verification either. Plus, it probably varies from city to city and country to country 5. There are a lot of reasons why Uber is awful, from monopolistic bullying of governments, to not letting drivers set prices, to exposing drivers to market forces at an unprecedented level, but the drivers I've talked to have nearly all worked part time and seemed pretty happy to do so. I'm not in sales, I don't work for Uber, and that's all I'll say about the personal stuff.

by strken 10y ago

tmuir 10y ago

1. 5 day old account 2. Wide array of feel-good details to check lots of boxes 3. Completely anecdotal and therefore unverifiable 4. Facebook-level knowledge of people you likely spent 10 minutes with 5. Glowing review of Uber Isn't Fear Uncertainty and Doubt great?

yummyfajitas 10y ago
Here's another anecdote from a very old account. A boy from Bihar, moved to the big city, wanted to drive an auto rickshaw but the Marathis have all the licenses on lockdown. All Uber cares about is that he has a rating > 4.3 stars - ethnicity is irrelevant. (This is also why the racist political party is trying to get Uber shut down.)
strken 10y ago
2. When you ask a stranger about themselves, they put their best foot forward. People are pretty varied. 3. My experience has been that uber drivers in my city work part time for supplementary income. This is a verifiable assertion, but I don't have the means to carry out that verification. However, the assertion that I was responding to has no verification either. Plus, it probably varies from city to city and country to country 5. There are a lot of reasons why Uber is awful, from monopolistic bullying of governments, to not letting drivers set prices, to exposing drivers to market forces at an unprecedented level, but the drivers I've talked to have nearly all worked part time and seemed pretty happy to do so. I'm not in sales, I don't work for Uber, and that's all I'll say about the personal stuff.