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"Now they can fuck off and I am very happy to hear this. Also hoping they lose their appeal in London and disappear for good. " i think uber is by far the best
by kmlx 7y ago
"Now they can fuck off and I am very happy to hear this. Also hoping they lose their appeal in London and disappear for good. "
i think uber is by far the best thing to happen to transport and part-time work in decades. i've known so many drives all around the world working for uber 1-2 hours per day. even knew a guy that worked for them just 2 trips per day: his daily commute.
just the feeling of not being denied service because you're brown, or that you want to travel to a certain neighbourhood, is a vast, vast improvement over the incumbents.
of course the taxi drivers don't want to change their horrible service. they paid good money for a job that will hopefully be completely automated in the near future.
"They've been good at forcing the existing taxi/transport industry to modernise"
if by modernise you mean "hire more expensive lawyers to sue everyone", then you're right.
- Nextgrid 7y ago> best thing to happen to transport and part-time work in decades Being "employed" by a company that ignores laws and has zero support for their drivers ("partner" drivers as they call them) is the best thing? > by modernise you mean "hire more expensive lawyers to sue everyone", then you're right. A lot of local transport companies now have their own app that offers the same experience as Uber.
- maccard 7y ago>They've been good at forcing the existing taxi/transport industry to modernise" > if by modernise you mean "hire more expensive lawyers to sue everyone", then you're right. 10 years ago in Dublin, taxis would ignore you on the street, not show up when booked, charge an extra €2 for card payments( or tell your their machine wasn't working, take a detour via an atm and leave the meter running for all of it), overcharge on routes, just flat out not travel to certain areas because they're too far. Since Uber came along, all of those companies now have their own apps (or are blanketed under whatever MyTaxi is called today), take full card payments, are reliable, and I've found the quality of drivers has improved vastly. I don't agree with Uber or how they behave, but they've certainly modernized the taco industry.