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Re:How this Ends by stelcodes on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:36PM (#26183686)
More like a wealth transfer to AWS, corporate lawyers, and software engineers. Poor people are not becoming enriched by Uber
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Re:How this Ends by nerdponx on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:00PM (#26188112)
True.

The value creation I had in mind was with respect to the people who were previously very badly underserved by the traditional taxi/black-car industry, and are now served by Uber.

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Re:How this Ends by nradov on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:19PM (#26184922)
Ultimately much of the wealth is transferred to landlords in areas where Uber has facilities and employees.
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