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Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 02, 2016 @10:09AM (#11822543)
A great marketing win for Uber here. It became known worldwide as an "innovative technology company" even though outside US, it's only innovation is funneling SV money to lawyers so that they can maintain their illegal business practices while they conquer the local markets. E.g. in Europe we've already had all the other "innovative" stuff. But people don't notice it, instead naively buying the "Uber = innovation" marketing.
Re:Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5B Cash Infusion by scarmig on Thursday June 02, 2016 @11:47AM (#11823440)
The funny thing here is that a couple cab companies have done seemingly irreparable damage to the worldwide taxi industry, merely by virtue of being based in San Francisco and allowing drivers to regularly flake or refuse service to slightly less profitable areas.