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Is HN really the place to conflate a single digit amount of personal anecdotes into a reason why someone should not use an app? What year was this? Where was t
by Jommi 7y ago
Is HN really the place to conflate a single digit amount of personal anecdotes into a reason why someone should not use an app?
What year was this? Where was this? This comment is worth absolutely nothing without specifics, and even then its a tiny data point which cannot offer any real perspective on the current news about Uber in London.
- phatfish 7y agoI know this is just "whataboutism". But the exact same comments are being made against mini-cab/black cabs all over this thread. "I rode a black cab once before Uber and it was awful." I'll trust the research from TFL rather than random anecdotes from either side, thanks.
- Jommi 7y agoWhat are you on about? Even if both "sides" use anecdotes how does that in any way justify you conflating them with the overall business? Same can be said about the tfl note. Uber is basically a franchise company, locations rarely have strong interactions with eachother. Not to mention the reaction from tfl is in the end minor. Uber doesn't even need to stop operations.
- oliwarner 7y agoI said it was "this weekend" and the complaint, that two drivers, one after another can ditch you at the eleventh hour and you get no compensation, no indication of what happened, no ability to rate that driver for letting you down. Those issues are all systemic. They apply to Uber everywhere today just as much as they did six days ago when this happened.