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It's cheaper. Until something horrible happens or goes wrong. It's exactly the same as airBnB. There's a reason these things are properly regulated.
by reasonish 12y ago
It's cheaper. Until something horrible happens or goes wrong. It's exactly the same as airBnB. There's a reason these things are properly regulated.
- toyg 12y agoIn a way, services like AirBnB and Uber remind us of how very rarely things actually go wrong. In a way, they act as correction to the usual scaremongering we get through most mass-media: "you can ride in uninsured cabs with complete strangers and sleep in unregulated and potentially dangerous flats, and you'll likely be fine anyway". This said, good on the German government for forcing the company to actually respect their laws. Being a trendy net-based startup is not a license to flaunt all rules, especially consistent rules that exist for very good reason.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoInsurance isn't there because you have a good chance of having something bad happen to you. It's there because bad things happen predictably and often, and victims of those would have serious problems for the rest of their lives if not for insurance.
- Tomte 12y agoOne thing most commentators cannot seem to grasp: the German government hasn't applied for the injunction, and it isn't running the taxi service. Government regulates private companies running the service. And those private companies are standing up to a shitty company that openly says that they won't comply with laws or verdicts, because they are the future. Or something like that.