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I think that PG was completely right on this https://twitter.com/paulg/status/222462460978937856?lang=en https://twitter.com/paulg/status/222462460978937856?lan

• jahaja 8y ago
  That's such a shallow take. To bypass local labour laws as a business idea and effectively go back ~100 years in history is not objectively good. But perhaps it looks like it from the view of the upper middle-class who's at the benefiting end.
• isolli 8y ago
  I would argue this is wrong on several levels: 1. The convenience offered by the app is obviously a good thing; Uber's labor practices are not. 2. The low price of Uber rides is subsidized by burning VC money; they could easily kill local competition then raise prices at will once they have established a quasi-monopoly. However, it's correct in pointing out the vested interests and corruption of the legacy taxi industry.