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I think a lot of the critics here fail to appreciate (or just begrudgingly admit) just how much a game-changer Uber has been in people's lives. That's real valu
by kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago
I think a lot of the critics here fail to appreciate (or just begrudgingly admit) just how much a game-changer Uber has been in people's lives. That's real value.
- mattmanser 9y agoIn America? Much of the rest of the world already has perfectly fine minicabs that turn up in 5 minutes. Good thing about Uber for the rest of the world is US VCs subsidising our rides.
- gcb0 9y agoamerican idiocracy from people that probably never traveled. 1. allow cabs to run mostly unregulated (besides the regulated monopoly part) 2. cab service is crap because drivers rent the taxi license from someone who broker rented taxi licenses. its mind boggling how far the drivers are from the meddalions. 3. startup breaks tons of laws, including the one making cabs a bad monopoly and abuse user data left and rigth. 4. americans thing it is the best thing ever. wake up and realize that the taxi monopoly was the cause. uber is just trying to replace one monopoly with another. because being at the top of that monopoly is very lucrative. the only good thing uber did was prove without doubt that taxi monopoly laws were bad and didnt serve the drivers or the community. but absolutely nobody is willing to even consider talking about it. its all PR about "uber saved mankind".
- kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago"American idiocracy" So this is why Uber and its clones are so popular in all kinds of countries from India to China to South East Asia? To be honest it is you who seems like the less traveled one.
- gcb0 9y agothere are tons of countries with the same monopoly protection laws as the U.S.
- hmschreck 9y agoNeither I nor my fiance drive, so Uber and Lyft are vital parts of our lives now. Even as a physically healthy person, it makes the life I want to live possible.