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Uber was justifiably shady. They had to get around outdated laws that protects an outdated medium of transportation.
by snappyTertle 10y ago
Uber was justifiably shady. They had to get around outdated laws that protects an outdated medium of transportation.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoNo, they simply went around laws that governed their market in order to outcompete other providers, and they are pretty smug about it. They never discriminated between laws that are obviously obsolete and laws that are still important.
- snappyTertle 10y agoWhich laws were important?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoInsurance laws and employee laws, for starters. And even medallion laws in some places, because they offset the costs cabs incur for being a part of city transportation infrastructure - costs like adapting cars to service elderly and disabled.
- wfo 10y agoThere are a lot of reasons people think Uber is shady beyond just their lawbreaking. Their CEO, their abusive and toxic mysoginist work culture, etc.