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Uber, et al are not going away so the governments need to figure out the proper amount of oversight and stop this ridiculous volley of shutdown threats.
by pbreit 12y ago
Uber, et al are not going away so the governments need to figure out the proper amount of oversight and stop this ridiculous volley of shutdown threats.
- bsder 12y agoUm, not at all. Given the absolute raft of laws that Uber/Lyft/et al. violate most of the DA's are being more respectful than I would have expected, actually. SF could force these services to shut down tomorrow and they would be on very safe legal grounds.
- aianus 12y agoI'd imagine the rich and powerful citizens of SF are regular users of Uber et al. Doesn't seem like the wisest political move to shut it down.
- bsder 12y agoUh, yeah, sure, rich and powerful people need to "share" a rideservice. Riiiiiiight. That's why even the slightly upper class stores all deem it important enough to have valets ... their clientele is all taking Uber/Lyft/etc. ... suuuuure, you keep on believing that The rich and powerful make money off of people dumb enough to believe in the concept of the "sharing" economy enough to be their peons.
- pbreit 12y agoDoes it really make sense for there to be a "raft of laws" concerning driving people around for money? What is the purpose of such laws?
- bsder 12y agoUm, to make sure that the guy whose cab you are getting into actually has things like ... say ... brakes?