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Uber accounts for nearly half of the entire U.S. market of low-cost personal rides. They are not the little guy fighting the power, they are the power.
by hoopd 11y ago
Uber accounts for nearly half of the entire U.S. market of low-cost personal rides. They are not the little guy fighting the power, they are the power.
- dajohnson89 11y agoAnd their success is, by and large, a testament to how poorly the previous power (the taxi guilds) served the people.
- emodendroket 11y agoIt's easy to cut prices if you just exempt yourself from the labor laws everyone else has to follow.
- fwn 11y agoNot only themselves but drivers and customers too. Uber, their drivers and their customers benefit from not being covered by those labor laws you're talking about. It's bad for politics and the traditional taxi industry because they get less from the cake.
- icebraining 11y agoTaxi drivers were already exempt from most of those labour laws - they were already considered contractors and didn't have overtime nor benefits.
- hoopd 11y agoBut they were actually contractors.
- onewaystreet 11y agoThat didn't just happen overnight. Do a google search for "uber banned". They fought for it and still are.
- dylanjermiah 11y agoThey weren't always a $50bn company. They got a cease and desist from SF in 2010. When it was just a black car service.