Jommi

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by Jommi 6y ago
Exactly, and luxury brands are characterized by their electivity. While and appstore has formed to become something close to a virtual public good.
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High product margins are usually signs of monopolistic powers used, otherwise profits would slowly move towards cost as time goes forward. This has not been the case with Apple.
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by Jommi 6y ago
What are you talking about? There is nothing of the sort happening...
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by Jommi 6y ago
And lose message history of messages sent on phone? That would be terrible
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by Jommi 6y ago
Really? You are really going to assert without any evidence these completely wrong points? I can tell you straight out, from experience and data, that both of your points are completely incorrect. 1) Its 2020. The "gig economy" is
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by Jommi 6y ago
However, if company A is in a free market industry they would not be able to sustain that 3$/hr. Uber has been able to sustain their policies for close to 10 years now. Its pretty clear that drivers are being paid an amount close to th
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by Jommi 6y ago
You realize its OK to decline trips, and also to stop using a ridehailing service that mandates a policy like this? >should be compensated by Uber if they want that feature. Do you really think Uber has not gone through these thoughts mi
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by Jommi 6y ago
Only misguided journalists use ridesharing anymore. Its been "ridehailing" the best past 3-4 years now.
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If you look at the test in depth, the change and sample size is just terrible for getting any kind of real data.
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by Jommi 6y ago
Yep. Though is it still true that the prices for riders and the earnings for drivers are seperated? To me that is the key greediness here. At least in Europe all competitors still work with the % of fare calculations.
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by Jommi 6y ago
There are not more workers than jobs, ive worked in the industry and this is a fact. Workers on ridhailing platforms come in varying levels of quality and amount of hours they can supply You are thinking too much about just workers, when ac
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by Jommi 6y ago
Okay, well then you can just open up HEL LOOKS (Helsinki looks) and get a glimpse of the huge amount of different styles, designer clothing and use of vintage garments that is going on in the streets of Helsinki right now. --> https:&#x2
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by Jommi 6y ago
Youre not reading the graph correctly, its multiple hundreds of confirme cases in sweden daily. Please edit your comment.
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Huge generalization that says nothing about what taxi drivers you are talking about. Taxi Drivers in Estonia for example have been able to set their own rates for a long time.
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This is not true, moving to a competitor definitely applies pressure and keep both companies in check.
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This is the bigger problem. None of the people even here on HN actually now how Uber works and how different the experience for rider and drivers can be varying on city, state, country etc. Just a bunch of people repeating what they hear fr
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by Jommi 6y ago
Unfortunately it doesnt solve the biggest issue, which is actually getting the demand in.
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by Jommi 6y ago
Yes, most likely your scale is based on the pieces of media that you received when you grew up, and not what is actually happening. For example the Aalto University in Finland is currently one of the best ranked universities for art, design
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by Jommi 6y ago
Check my other comment, I do recognize tuulipuku as exactly the style of 90s Finland. The 90s was 30 years ago.
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Maybe now that its getting bombed to bits because of COVID, something good might end up happening?
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These both seem to be stereotypes from decades ago when USSR was still a threat. If you keep up with current events you might have noticed that Finland has become a prominent country in the worldside design and fashion world. I for example
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by Jommi 6y ago
Im not sure what you mean here. I think you would do well to seperate the clothing/availability of the capital Helsinki, vs. rest of Finland. Yes, outside of Helsinki and with the older population clothing is very utilitarian and wind-
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by Jommi 6y ago
Lets not making sweeping broad untrue generalizations
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by Jommi 6y ago
No AirBNB was/is getting CRUSHEd in china because the monopoly power of the companies already present. You have to understand that competition in China is like a childrens playground, with the CCP being the parents. They will choose th
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by Jommi 6y ago
Like Airbnb? Uber? Many other smaller examples
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by Jommi 6y ago
I think you should still include the temporal factor here. Yes there might _have_ been a reason for a the market to be competitive, but something might have changed in the past few years that has removed or minimized that reason. These are
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Unfortunately most VC jobs are purely connection based and do not really rely on any sort of skill. Which is of course natural to do industry.
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by Jommi 6y ago
I was going to say a simialr thing, but I would definitely not discount US from the discussions. If I was veryvery rich and working in an industry that is suspicous at all, and I was located in USA or a South American or African country, I
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That is the most expensive area in US. This compensation is given to EVERYONE.
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No, thats not what im talking about here.

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