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That's a nice sentiment, but I don't see how Uber has changed the world for the better. Has Uber's app decreased pollution or global warming? No. Has Uber's app

That's a nice sentiment, but I don't see how Uber has changed the world for the better. Has Uber's app decreased pollution or global warming? No. Has Uber's app decreased economic stratification? No. Has Uber's app created jobs? No, those drivers could be regular taxi drivers without Uber. How about gun violence, domestic violence, cancer, diabetes, rape, systemic racism, drug overdose? No, Uber has not improved any of those things. Yet when I imagine a better world, these are the things that come to mind. Uber makes an app that lets you hail a cab, or lets you drive people around without buying a medallion.

redm 9y ago
"Uber makes an app that lets you hail a cab, or lets you drive people around without buying a medallion." If you used Taxi's for primary transport and now use Uber, it changed your world for the better. "How about gun violence, domestic violence, cancer, diabetes, rape, systemic racism, drug overdose?" Those were not part of Uber's goal, it doesn't mean they didn't make the world just a bit better. I could say the same thing about Google or Apple. They have also changed the world but haven't addressed those issues. The difference is there wasn't regulation preventing a Google or an Apple from growing. Uber was challenging a broken system of laws protecting an industry.