Re:Who Pays the Price for Selling $10 Bills for $5?
by matt4077 on Friday April 05, 2019 @08:56AM
(#19582016)
I genuinely don’t get people denying even the existence of opposing arguments. I am perfectly fine with arguing against them, even in such juvenile Ayn Rand terms. But to just pretend that there is no argument whatsoever seems disingenuous.
- Über replaces taxis. Taxi drivers are relatively well situated wrt to pay, insurance, etc. Uber drivers are working poor. Therefore, the middle class wins, the lower class suffers.
- In some cases, Uber replaces other modes of transportation, such as public transit. If you drive everywhere, you should hate Uber for clogging the streets. Also the environment, etc.
- Uber is a shitshow internally. Remember hw they bought nice jackets for everyone on the team, except the single woman because they wouldn’t get a mass discount on that jacket? Yeah...
- Über replaces taxis. Taxi drivers are relatively well situated wrt to pay, insurance, etc. Uber drivers are working poor. Therefore, the middle class wins, the lower class suffers.
- In some cases, Uber replaces other modes of transportation, such as public transit. If you drive everywhere, you should hate Uber for clogging the streets. Also the environment, etc.
- Uber is a shitshow internally. Remember hw they bought nice jackets for everyone on the team, except the single woman because they wouldn’t get a mass discount on that jacket? Yeah...