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I'm bored of stories about Uber, they're all paid for, marketing crap.
by BillFranklin 12y ago
I'm bored of stories about Uber, they're all paid for, marketing crap.
- colinbartlett 12y agoYou are suggesting that Uber paid the New York Times to write this piece on medallion prices?
- BillFranklin 12y agoYes, and I don't know why I've been downvoted for it. Read this: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html Then this: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#tbm=nws&q=Uber https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... Uber's PR agencies are Westbourne and FleishmanHillard: http://www.prweek.com/article/1295173/uber-bring-european-pr-taxi-wars-demand-comms-firepower http://www.prweek.com/article/1295173/uber-bring-european-pr...
- BillFranklin 12y agoAlso tweets: https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/status/528251303794069504 https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/status/528251303794069504
- MetaCosm 12y agoYou nailed it -- I am so sick of the overly cozy backrub style relationship between the media and Uber... Emil Michael and Sarah Lacy are obviously in love!
- noer 12y agoI agree. They're almost always clickbait-y and Uber is something that absolutely nobody is ambivalent about. I've found that people either think that they're the savior to outdated transportation needs or that they're using loopholes not available to their competition to create a new monopoly.
- wavefunction 12y ago>>they're using loopholes not available to their competition to create a new monopoly. I would say they're breaking the law and should be indicted under RICO, personally.
- noer 12y agoI've never thought of that, but I'd definitely be inclined to agree.
- baddox 12y agoIf you want me to discount the article and its conclusions, I find specific criticism of the facts and reasoning in an article more persuasive than an unsubstantiated claim about who "paid for" the article.