Jommi

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by Jommi 7y ago
You need to limit scooter players because otherwise it because a game of funding and attrition, multiple companies dumping city full fo scooters in a competition for availability. All other qualities will be overlooked.
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by Jommi 7y ago
If you have had a noxious gas in your house for already quite a while, and it will soon kill you, do you reduce the toxicity of the air first, or try and figure out the source and stop it?
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by Jommi 7y ago
Did not mean to be rude at all. It just seems you're misunderstanding how differently Uber operates in each market. There are multiple markets where Uber is not ripping their drivers off in any way, because if they did they would be ru
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by Jommi 7y ago
Yes if a company does something that is not in the core specialisations, they would be expensive. Who guessed?
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by Jommi 7y ago
This is actually completely wrong. TFL in the summer granted several licenses for Uber competitors which have now been growing fast inside the city. It's definitely not a take against ridehailing, just against Uber.
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by Jommi 7y ago
If tfl sees Uber not operating by the same standards as others do, then of course they should be punished. Londoners are ofcourse free to use any other other app based ridehailing companies that so comply with tfls regulations.
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by Jommi 7y ago
I think you're overvaluing Uber's footing in the current London market. During the summer several competitors have been granted licenses, and they are reporting healthy and fast growth. Those millions of people can just switch ove
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by Jommi 7y ago
Exactly, so 21 days + how long the appeal process and outcome takes time. And the end result may as well be them being given a new temp. license.
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by Jommi 7y ago
I'm just perplexed. What are you even commenting on? Uber isnt the one vetting private drivers, they just check if they have the private driver license or not. This is up to tfl.
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by Jommi 7y ago
I feel like you're not giving us all the details of this case. What do you mean by fast roads? Uber calculates price on both distance and time, so fast rides can also be to your advantage. How do you know the gas leak was fictitious?
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by Jommi 7y ago
What are you on about? Even if both "sides" use anecdotes how does that in any way justify you conflating them with the overall business? Same can be said about the tfl note. Uber is basically a franchise company, locations rarely
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by Jommi 7y ago
Yep, they will challenge it in court, keep running while it happens and then fix the problems and continue their license. At worst (for Uber) it's just some free organic traffic for their competitors.
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by Jommi 7y ago
Which is the exact problem. Ubers smaller competitors have no incentive for heavy regulatory features because they can get away with it. That in turn pushes Uber to not implement them either, until the very last moment.
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by Jommi 7y ago
Is HN really the place to conflate a single digit amount of personal anecdotes into a reason why someone should not use an app? What year was this? Where was this? This comment is worth absolutely nothing without specifics, and even then it
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by Jommi 7y ago
You really want to rely on a single third party instead of a curation by democratic process?
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by Jommi 7y ago
Name one market where Taxi Regulation ensure fair prices. Please, entertain me. You're conflating how Uber works in certain countries to how it works in London. The relationship between Uber and the driver can vary so much depending on
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by Jommi 7y ago
Not true. It hardly really works and even then in just a fragmented set of retailers.
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by Jommi 7y ago
Yes you should, if the payoff is high enough or the odds are good enough.
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by Jommi 7y ago
Right you're correct. Yet it's basically the same function.
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by Jommi 7y ago
Not true. There can be huge import taxes on cars depending on country, even inside EU.
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by Jommi 7y ago
You're really in a minority here. Those webapps are barely used. It's quite largely just an opinion: to me the if is perfect and super easy to use.
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by Jommi 7y ago
What no? Real spring water is clear because it flows and comes from a spring. Thats the whole point!
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by Jommi 7y ago
Not sure if that's completely true or that it was just a commonplace to name your company according to the area/city youre in.
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by Jommi 7y ago
Specific situations which make for a majority of their market? I don't think "specific" is an honest word here when it's mostly standard per continent. Their fraud system is one of the best in the world, but of course it
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by Jommi 7y ago
It's not true anymore, with the Careem acquisition.
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by Jommi 7y ago
I think most talk surrounding Uber in HN is just biased/centered around US market.
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by Jommi 7y ago
>Cash Argument Im not sure what you're trying to say? All Uber markets that support cash also support card. > Card Declines Of course you will get blocked if you add an active uber accounts payment method. Thats basically a huge
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by Jommi 7y ago
Yes, in now richer cities. But they still thrive in lower gdp cities.
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by Jommi 7y ago
More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20812774
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by Jommi 7y ago
Not really Book Heaven at all. More like Amazing Community Center. You can host lan parties there, use studio grade audio equipment, 3d printers etc. Its quite massive.

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