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I just wanted to see if I could search for someone to drive me to some specific grocery store for a specific day, to see how much that would cost me if I would

by jokoon 12y ago

I just wanted to see if I could search for someone to drive me to some specific grocery store for a specific day, to see how much that would cost me if I would plan in advance. It's a 15min ride, and the bus service is poor for that particular route. I need to carry a lot of food, and on welfare aldi is a must for me, so I would gladly pay for gas money plus some more instead of taking the bus, especially since I carry frozen food. I started entering my info. Closed it immediately when it asked for my credit card before I could search for anything. I'm sorry, but if uber is getting money from rides, I really think it should at least play nice with governments and laws, especially when it has so much value on the stock market. It's a matter of respect, being disruptive doesn't excuse everything. Building and regulating civilization has a cost, if you want to improve people's lives, don't be so greedy about it. It doesn't require so much money to help people find each other for car rides. I totally understand that cab licenses are against the libertarian's dream, but when I sense unjustified money behind it, it sets me off immediately. The internet doesn't feel very free, it's just another new land for money makers, and I'm often okay with it, but here, I'm not.

TeMPOraL 12y ago
> Building and regulating civilization has a cost, if you want to improve people's lives, don't be so greedy about it. This. I wish many a company took it to heart. But then again, a lot of companies (and startups) don't care about improving people's lives; some unfortunately use the talk about "improving lives" as a marketing angle. As for Uber, it's pretty clear now that they don't care about improving anything else than the contents of their wallets - I'm surprised that no one banned them yet for literally being assholes.
- jokoon 12y ago
  I'm sure they are being pissed on by governments because they're a net loss to society. People just like to use shiny smartphone to order a taxi. I hate that new libertarian trend of pretending to solve a socio economical problem, while it requires a smartphone and a fast dataplan. The army developped those techs and now it's being used for profits and profits. Oddly there is so little money involved in techs like bittorrent or openstreetmap, etc. Investors should really think about having a legitimate improvement for society. I mean if I was an investor, I would be so much proud of creating free services. That's the only way honest improvements has ever worked, when it was not so much profit driven.
  - TeMPOraL 12y ago
    > I mean if I was an investor, I would be so much proud of creating free services. That's the only way honest improvements has ever worked, when it was not so much profit driven. And that's why you and I are not investors, but just poor developers who like making video games. There aren't many investors out there who care about actual improvement for society; I might hesitantly point to few names, but that's it. For the rest it's just another level of money-making-money game.

by jokoon 12y ago

TeMPOraL 12y ago

> Building and regulating civilization has a cost, if you want to improve people's lives, don't be so greedy about it. This. I wish many a company took it to heart. But then again, a lot of companies (and startups) don't care about improving people's lives; some unfortunately use the talk about "improving lives" as a marketing angle. As for Uber, it's pretty clear now that they don't care about improving anything else than the contents of their wallets - I'm surprised that no one banned them yet for literally being assholes.

jokoon 12y ago
I'm sure they are being pissed on by governments because they're a net loss to society. People just like to use shiny smartphone to order a taxi. I hate that new libertarian trend of pretending to solve a socio economical problem, while it requires a smartphone and a fast dataplan. The army developped those techs and now it's being used for profits and profits. Oddly there is so little money involved in techs like bittorrent or openstreetmap, etc. Investors should really think about having a legitimate improvement for society. I mean if I was an investor, I would be so much proud of creating free services. That's the only way honest improvements has ever worked, when it was not so much profit driven.
- TeMPOraL 12y ago
  > I mean if I was an investor, I would be so much proud of creating free services. That's the only way honest improvements has ever worked, when it was not so much profit driven. And that's why you and I are not investors, but just poor developers who like making video games. There aren't many investors out there who care about actual improvement for society; I might hesitantly point to few names, but that's it. For the rest it's just another level of money-making-money game.