Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees
by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:25AM
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> Also Airbnb and Uber have enabled lot of people earn livelihood without having to wait for trade union approvals for sharing taxi stands or getting hotel licences.
There were reasons those approvals and licenses existed in the first place, as a lot of cities are learning right now. That said, shortcomings were also revealed.
> but i feel it's gonna stay whether through Uber or other service(s).
I don't mind the other services, in particular ones that can take what works and what doesn't, and do it like civilized people do - by working together with the cities to provide said benefits in a legally above-board framework, and without disastrous externalities.
As for Uber, may it rot in hell.
> What about CocaCola, Pepsi, Amazon (and AWS) Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Nike and hundreds of other brands ?
I don't think any of these brands ever claimed they're a poor upstart fighting the good fight against the Evil Taxi Mafia (whereas in reality, they were VC-backed international corporation, leveraging their deep purse to conquer market after market, extinguishing local competitors).
There were reasons those approvals and licenses existed in the first place, as a lot of cities are learning right now. That said, shortcomings were also revealed.
> but i feel it's gonna stay whether through Uber or other service(s).
I don't mind the other services, in particular ones that can take what works and what doesn't, and do it like civilized people do - by working together with the cities to provide said benefits in a legally above-board framework, and without disastrous externalities.
As for Uber, may it rot in hell.
> What about CocaCola, Pepsi, Amazon (and AWS) Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Nike and hundreds of other brands ?
I don't think any of these brands ever claimed they're a poor upstart fighting the good fight against the Evil Taxi Mafia (whereas in reality, they were VC-backed international corporation, leveraging their deep purse to conquer market after market, extinguishing local competitors).