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Actually, there was a considerable physical penalty. Uber ran into old-school taxi corruption and violence all around the world. - South Korea [1] - France [2

Actually, there was a considerable physical penalty. Uber ran into old-school taxi corruption and violence all around the world. - South Korea [1] - France [2] - Kenya [3] - Malaysia [4] - South Africa [5] - Mexico [6] - Brazil [7] - Indonesia [8] - ...and I could go on. [1]: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvyzn5/south-korea-uber-kakao-taxi-protests-self-immolate https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvyzn5/south-korea-uber-kaka... [2]: https://www.stripes.com/travelers-caught-in-cross-fire-as-french-taxi-drivers-smash-cars-to-protest-uber-1.354901 https://www.stripes.com/travelers-caught-in-cross-fire-as-fr... [3]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/23/uber-taxi-set-on-fire-nairobi-kenya-industry-dispute https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/23/uber-taxi-set-... [4]: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/06/22/more-than-50-taxi-drivers-attack-uber-driver-tourist-couple/ https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/06/22... [5]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/08/violence-erupts-taxi-uber-drivers-johannesburg https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/08/violence-erupt... [6]: https://time.com/3915705/uber-mexico-dispute/ https://time.com/3915705/uber-mexico-dispute/ [7]: https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/01/the-fight-against-uber-is-getting-violent-in-brazil/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/01/the-fight-against-uber-is-... [8]: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/asia/indonesia-jakarta-taxi-uber-grabcar.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/asia/indonesia-jaka... (Disclosure: I am a former Uber employee.)

istjohn 6y ago
One of those links are not like the others. I was not prepared for the first story to be about self-immolating taxi drivers.
- thatguy0900 6y ago
  I hate the tag line "There's a dark side to the on-demand industry." there definetely is, Uber is a completely unethical company, but if a drivers feeling like they need to light themselves on fire because of competition is more of an indictment on south Korea culture and governance than it is on ride sharing
notimetorelax 6y ago
Well the French story is nuanced: > Despite repeated rulings against it and an October law that explicitly outlaws UberPop, its drivers continue to ply French roads and the American ride-hailing company is actively recruiting drivers and passengers alike. Uber claims to have a total of 400,000 customers a month in France. I think France has a long history of violently taking back what’s their’s.
- _Wintermute 6y ago
  I'm not sure the French people particularly care about the rent seeking racket of taxi driving.
iso947 6y ago
None of those seemed to affect the people running uber, or indeed writing the code for uber to work.

istjohn 6y ago

One of those links are not like the others. I was not prepared for the first story to be about self-immolating taxi drivers.

thatguy0900 6y ago
I hate the tag line "There's a dark side to the on-demand industry." there definetely is, Uber is a completely unethical company, but if a drivers feeling like they need to light themselves on fire because of competition is more of an indictment on south Korea culture and governance than it is on ride sharing

notimetorelax 6y ago

Well the French story is nuanced: > Despite repeated rulings against it and an October law that explicitly outlaws UberPop, its drivers continue to ply French roads and the American ride-hailing company is actively recruiting drivers and passengers alike. Uber claims to have a total of 400,000 customers a month in France. I think France has a long history of violently taking back what’s their’s.

_Wintermute 6y ago
I'm not sure the French people particularly care about the rent seeking racket of taxi driving.

iso947 6y ago

None of those seemed to affect the people running uber, or indeed writing the code for uber to work.