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I am amazed at the things Uber gets through and is still standing after...

by osrec 9y ago

idibidiart 9y ago
Money.
- sunsetMurk 9y ago
  how does this stop being the case? money > all else.
  - idibidiart 9y ago
    Start communities that use solar/wind energy, grow their own food (maybe using this in urban areas: https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/open-agriculture-openag/overview/ https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/open-agriculture-openag/ove...), use WiFi mesh networking, maybe launch their own satellites (for inter-community links: https://newatlas.com/tubesat-personal-satellite/22211/ https://newatlas.com/tubesat-personal-satellite/22211/), build their own things with multi-material 3D printers (maybe even print semiconductor components, who knows...) and employ barter rather than artificially scarce magical paper or e-coins. Also, employ "DIY Bio" in ethical life enhancing way, open production (open source everything etc) The technology and paradigms exist today or will fully exist soon.
  - IanCal 9y ago
    Laws & strong enforcement, with an informed population. While money gives power, the concern is that it's concentrated in a small number of people. Voting is not, and can result in controls of essentially any level.
wavefunction 9y ago
Their investors are too big to fail (to recoup their investments by IPO offloading to the sucker public).
dijit 9y ago
Never underestimate the power of marketing. My mother for instance would use Uber over any ride-sharing system due to its insane exposure and the fact that these stories remain relatively unheard of in comparison.
- cyberferret 9y ago
  My family and friends outside the tech industry have almost no clue about nearly all these scandals - especially the data breaches and the former CEO's indiscretions. About the only thing they hear is that some Uber drivers have assaulted passengers in the past, but they write that off against the fact that a lot of Taxi drivers have done the same in the past. It is a telling example that the pain point of a bad taxi service in a city is usually enough for them to conformance rationalise that Uber is still a better alternative, despite any of these issues.
- user5994461 9y ago
  She used uber because the service is fantastic.
- spike021 9y ago
  It's already way more common to use "Uber" as a verb, or even a noun, that doesn't necessarily even mean Uber the company itself. People have asked me before if I'm about "to uber" or "take an uber" someplace and they say it in an obvious way that implies "any ridesharing company" (or lyft in my case since most people know I only lyft nowadays). Uber just as a word for ride-sharing has become ingrained and won't be easy to get rid of, IMO.
  - ryacko 9y ago
    At this rate, Uber may be the first company to have a generic name and go out of business so soon afterward.
  - malydok 9y ago
    Same as `googling` will long remain the synonym for `searching the internet`.
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I am amazed at the things Uber gets through and is still standing after...

by osrec 9y ago

I am amazed at the things Uber gets through and is still standing after...

idibidiart 9y ago

Money.

sunsetMurk 9y ago
how does this stop being the case? money > all else.
- idibidiart 9y ago
  Start communities that use solar/wind energy, grow their own food (maybe using this in urban areas: https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/open-agriculture-openag/overview/ https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/open-agriculture-openag/ove...), use WiFi mesh networking, maybe launch their own satellites (for inter-community links: https://newatlas.com/tubesat-personal-satellite/22211/ https://newatlas.com/tubesat-personal-satellite/22211/), build their own things with multi-material 3D printers (maybe even print semiconductor components, who knows...) and employ barter rather than artificially scarce magical paper or e-coins. Also, employ "DIY Bio" in ethical life enhancing way, open production (open source everything etc) The technology and paradigms exist today or will fully exist soon.
- IanCal 9y ago
  Laws & strong enforcement, with an informed population. While money gives power, the concern is that it's concentrated in a small number of people. Voting is not, and can result in controls of essentially any level.

wavefunction 9y ago

Their investors are too big to fail (to recoup their investments by IPO offloading to the sucker public).

dijit 9y ago

Never underestimate the power of marketing. My mother for instance would use Uber over any ride-sharing system due to its insane exposure and the fact that these stories remain relatively unheard of in comparison.

cyberferret 9y ago
My family and friends outside the tech industry have almost no clue about nearly all these scandals - especially the data breaches and the former CEO's indiscretions. About the only thing they hear is that some Uber drivers have assaulted passengers in the past, but they write that off against the fact that a lot of Taxi drivers have done the same in the past. It is a telling example that the pain point of a bad taxi service in a city is usually enough for them to conformance rationalise that Uber is still a better alternative, despite any of these issues.
user5994461 9y ago
She used uber because the service is fantastic.
spike021 9y ago
It's already way more common to use "Uber" as a verb, or even a noun, that doesn't necessarily even mean Uber the company itself. People have asked me before if I'm about "to uber" or "take an uber" someplace and they say it in an obvious way that implies "any ridesharing company" (or lyft in my case since most people know I only lyft nowadays). Uber just as a word for ride-sharing has become ingrained and won't be easy to get rid of, IMO.
- ryacko 9y ago
  At this rate, Uber may be the first company to have a generic name and go out of business so soon afterward.
- malydok 9y ago
  Same as `googling` will long remain the synonym for `searching the internet`.

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