Re:The frighteningly popular extremely careless trend
by gowld on Thursday July 12, 2018 @01:56AM
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People stealing scooters to scam the Charging fee hardly seems like Bird exploiting anyone.
Re:The frighteningly popular extremely careless trend
by lovich on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:41PM
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Bird is exploiting people by selling them on a pie in the sky view that this job can earn decent money when its wrought with fraud that they are aware of. Some people disagree, but my personal view is that this is a job for an employee that Bird is trying to foist off onto "contractors" who have far less protections, so that they can earn more money than competitors who would operate ethically
There are arguments against "dockless" cars that are always trotted out when these scooters come up but if you park like an asshole, that is to park outside of a single parking spot, you are likely to get your car keyed or damaged as well.
I don't see how this author could be anything but completely ignorant of social norms with public spaces or this is a submarine pr piece when they write like this is surprising
Edit: It especially seems like a pr piece when they talk about the jobs they bring to the area as a plus when we see how exploitative these jobs are from the people that perform them[1]
[1]https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/charging-bird-scooters-...