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Uber's advantages in London came about in three main ways You forgot undercutting the competition using VC cash, oh and evading the taxes that all their compet

• geezerjay 8y ago
  > You forgot undercutting the competition using VC cash I don't understand what point you were trying to make. Why do you assume incumbents have no investors? And why do you believe it's reasonablr to complain about how private investors decide where to invest theie cash? > oh and evading the taxes that all their competitors pay. Do you have any basis to support your assertion? Because I find it very odd how entire nation-wide corporativist associations, representing the entrenched incumbents and heavily invested in preserving their personal monopoly, fail to make such an assertion.
  • gaius 8y ago
    Do you have any basis to support your assertion? Uber drivers being disguised employees is frequently in the news https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/28/uber-uk-tribunal-self-employed-status https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/28/uber-uk-t... Uber avoids employer’s NI by this mechanism
    • geezerjay 8y ago
      > Uber drivers being disguised employees I fail to see how that can be passed off as tax evasion. The question was whether Uber drivers were mere service providers earning a few bucks on the side doing some gigs or should be considered proper employees. I believe it's easy to understand that the point of this sort of classification has deep legal implications where tax avoidance are comparatively irrelevant.
• paulie_a 8y ago
  While that may be true the experience is drastically different. Cab drivers are miserable and unfriendly, Uber and Lyft drivers tend to be very pleasant.