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lilyball 6y ago
Nobody is as a bad as Uber.
- koolba 6y ago
  Uber has been staunchly pro-consumer. Their antics and legal shenanigans were always going up against either the local government or their drivers. As a customer I’ve never had a complaint about their service outside of the asinine decision to add tipping.
  - _bxg1 6y ago
    What a blatantly self-centered outlook.
  - Marsymars 6y ago
    > Uber has been staunchly pro-consumer. They don’t let you use their app without adding a credit card, even if you have more than sufficient credit with Uber to pay for a ride.
    - what_ever 6y ago
      That's a pretty minor thing to hold against. A rider can cause any number of issues in the car including a very common issue of throwing while returning from a drunken night. How do you charge that person then? Lot of companies also use credit cards to tie account to a person so they don't abuse the initial sign up bonuses.
      - Marsymars 6y ago
        Yes, that is a relatively minor thing, but it remains a way that despite being "staunchly pro-consumer", they're less pro-consumer than traditional taxis. > How do you charge that person then? They could require a credit with Uber sufficient to cover that charge if someone wants to take a nighttime Uber ride. > Lot of companies also use credit cards to tie account to a person so they don't abuse the initial sign up bonuses. Yeah, but still, companies tracking purchases via credit cards is definitely not "pro-consumer".
        what_ever 6y ago
        If that's what we start calling pro-consumer companies then you will hardly find any pro-consumer companies. I can't even think of a company that is "perfect" if you are taking issues with such things.
        Marsymars 6y ago
        I don’t have any anti-consumer complaints to make about my local pizza joint.
  - lilyball 6y ago
    The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when Uber was a platinum level sponsor of a conference in Oakland on police militarization. And by that I mean a conference whose goal was to promote the use of military gear by police.

lilyball 6y ago

Nobody is as a bad as Uber.

koolba 6y ago
Uber has been staunchly pro-consumer. Their antics and legal shenanigans were always going up against either the local government or their drivers. As a customer I’ve never had a complaint about their service outside of the asinine decision to add tipping.
- _bxg1 6y ago
  What a blatantly self-centered outlook.
- Marsymars 6y ago
  > Uber has been staunchly pro-consumer. They don’t let you use their app without adding a credit card, even if you have more than sufficient credit with Uber to pay for a ride.
  - what_ever 6y ago
    That's a pretty minor thing to hold against. A rider can cause any number of issues in the car including a very common issue of throwing while returning from a drunken night. How do you charge that person then? Lot of companies also use credit cards to tie account to a person so they don't abuse the initial sign up bonuses.
    - Marsymars 6y ago
      Yes, that is a relatively minor thing, but it remains a way that despite being "staunchly pro-consumer", they're less pro-consumer than traditional taxis. > How do you charge that person then? They could require a credit with Uber sufficient to cover that charge if someone wants to take a nighttime Uber ride. > Lot of companies also use credit cards to tie account to a person so they don't abuse the initial sign up bonuses. Yeah, but still, companies tracking purchases via credit cards is definitely not "pro-consumer".
      - what_ever 6y ago
        If that's what we start calling pro-consumer companies then you will hardly find any pro-consumer companies. I can't even think of a company that is "perfect" if you are taking issues with such things.
        Marsymars 6y ago
        I don’t have any anti-consumer complaints to make about my local pizza joint.
- lilyball 6y ago
  The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when Uber was a platinum level sponsor of a conference in Oakland on police militarization. And by that I mean a conference whose goal was to promote the use of military gear by police.