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Unfortunately they're going to have to do a lot of establishing to change the associations with that name, now. Short of Kalanick being struck by a freak bolt o
by M_Grey 10y ago
Unfortunately they're going to have to do a lot of establishing to change the associations with that name, now. Short of Kalanick being struck by a freak bolt of lightning, that seems unlikely to happen. Far from it, a place that toxic is going to keep bleeding over time.
- mynewtb 10y agoI assure you that you could ask 100 people in Berlin and no one would have any idea what you are talking about.
- M_Grey 10y agoBetween Applebaum, Waymo, and the crash that got the Waymo suit mentioned in every article about the crash for a couple of days... well, maybe they'll hear about it sooner or later. Certainly any Uber competitors must be sitting in a room with their marketing departments and thinking about how to capitalize on this, once they're past the "Hand them lots of rope and give them space," phase.
- Sargos 10y agoOnly the tech elite even know who that person is. Everyone I know loves Uber and we use it everywhere we go, especially when on vacation in other countries as it's easy and reliable with no need to spend an hour researching and setting up local apps and services.
- monkmartinez 10y agoI read HN regularly and I don't know what you are talking about.
- M_Grey 10y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/29/is-lyft-really-the-woke-alternative-to-uber https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/29/is-lyft-r... You may be right, but I don't think this is all as obscure as some people would like to think. That's an article that seems to recognize that many of its readers will be familiar with what I'm talking about.