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It looks like I'm in the minority here, but I honestly don't see what's so bad with how Kalanick reacted. The guy was giving him a hard time and he reacted acco
by brickmort 10y ago
It looks like I'm in the minority here, but I honestly don't see what's so bad with how Kalanick reacted. The guy was giving him a hard time and he reacted accordingly, I even think he held back alot more than he could have. Kalanick's right, 'Some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own s‑‑‑.' There's alot of truth there. If a company changes their policy, and it affects your income, it's not the company's responsibility to fix that for you. either you find a competing company that can make you more money, or you have to find another way to get your income. In either case, it's your problem to handle. It reminds me of Amazon's recent changes to their affiliate program. There will be people that will maneuver around the policy changes and pull through, then there will be people that will remain stagnant, lose money and blame everyone but themselves.
Kalanick should have doubled down. "Yeah, I was mean, but the guy was a d*ck." Then again, I'm just an armchair analyst. I don't have a multi-billion dollar company to handle.
- frabbit 10y agoI agree. From my perspective the driver attacked him verbally and didn't like a robust defence. All that said, I hope Uber and similar gig-economy services die a fiery death in the near future.
- magic_beans 10y agoBut then who do you expect to pick up the slack? Taxis? The government??
- frabbit 10y agoI expect an extensive light-rail and bus service in any city in which I consider living. So, yes, the gubmint.
- magic_beans 10y agoYou must not live in the US :/
- rdiddly 10y agoIt would work if it wasn't "pot calling kettle." Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own shit? You don't say, Travis, you don't say.
- vinceguidry 10y agoThe strategy here is that Kalanick is trying to kill two birds with one stone. Pretend he's apologizing for the sexual harassment issue, when he's really just apologizing for this one incident. From what I can see here on HN it's working. The cynic in me is telling me that he planned this whole thing, down to paying the driver to tailor his arguing perfectly.