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In a sane World every business created value and THEN extracts a percentage of that value. Maybe I'm old fashioned but there was a time things more of less func
by PedroBatista 6y ago
In a sane World every business created value and THEN extracts a percentage of that value. Maybe I'm old fashioned but there was a time things more of less functioned like that, which is not to say it was all perfect and everybody followed the rules, but these pretend big dick "capitalists" really bug me.
- fastball 6y agoThat is literally what Uber has done though. 99% of Uber drivers were not driving around people in exchange for money before Uber existed. Then Uber built an app, and now you have people making money doing something that they didn't/couldn't do before Uber existed. Uber then literally captures a percentage of this, as they should.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoWhat should Uber do, and what should Uber get for doing it? They're a virtual taxi rank. They need to do basic testing of fitness of drivers - health, driving ability, criminal record; they need to do basic testing of vehicles for roadworthy-ness - monthly on-ramp vehicle certification; they need to maintain the app and servers. I'd imagine 10-20% take of gross would be a reasonable range. How much of that are they doing? Does any country do similar as part of their transport infrastructure?
- tathougies 6y agoUber does background checks and car inspections, and charges 30% I think, which is within a margin of error of your expected 10-20%. Source (random cities in US): https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/charlottesville/inspections/ https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/charlottesville/inspections...