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I think Uber reminds people of AirBnB, and if you haven't been living under a rock for the past year you should be familiar with some of the reasons opinions on
by sliverstorm 12y ago
I think Uber reminds people of AirBnB, and if you haven't been living under a rock for the past year you should be familiar with some of the reasons opinions on AirBnB have shifted.
- foobarqux 12y agoI am not. What are they?
- sliverstorm 12y agoTo sum it up, making money by: - evading regulation through use of loopholes - turning a blind eye to people who violate contracts to provide the service (For example, many AirBnB hosts don't actually have the legal right to lease the place they are listing) - allowing their service providers to skip things like insurance (in other words AirBnB takes a cut of the host's profit, while foisting the risk on the unwitting host) Running a service is cheap & "competitive" when you don't have insurance or even own the property! That comes at the price of risk, but AirBnB isn't the one who assumes that risk...
- jellicle 12y agoI think it is nearly criminal and probably legally actionable for Uber to advise people they only need "regular" car insurance, when regular car insurance very definitely does not cover carrying passengers for money.