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I mean “inflict it on the rest of the world” come on. They wouldn’t be selling if you weren’t buying. Uber categorically provides a better service than taxis in
by bogota 4y ago
I mean “inflict it on the rest of the world” come on. They wouldn’t be selling if you weren’t buying. Uber categorically provides a better service than taxis in almost all places and provides a far safer experience in others. But once again it’s likely some self righteous first world person’s opinion who has no context for how other countries function. Par for the course on HN.
- lesstyzing 4y agoPeople are buying because they used VC money to undercut the competition. Until They owned the market and raised their prices.
- kortilla 4y agoWhere do they own the market? I use Lyft everywhere I go in the US just fine.
- lesstyzing 4y agoLyft still hasn’t even broke out of the US and Canada.
- stormbrew 4y agoIn Canada they've barely even broken out of Toronto.
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- gatlin 4y agoPeople weren't necessarily buying in a fair market, hence the secret lobbying operation.
- ambrozk 4y agoTaxi companies operate with the advantage of state monopolies. They have lobbyists too, and they were so well-connected that they allowed exactly zero innovation for decades before they got blown out of the water by Uber.
- jeltz 4y agoMaybe in some countries, but where I live the taxi monopoly was removed long before Uber existed and Uber managed to outcompete with VC backed price dumping plus breaking the law.