Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, shut down

Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh... by rurp on Friday July 02, 2021 @04:17PM (#27716351)

Very true. I used to commute through an area with many taxis and the amount of reckless driving and accidents I saw from them was ridiculous. I absolutely do not want a million more workers heavily incentivized to do the same.

It fits with the larger trend of corporations privitizing more profits at the expense of society as a whole.

I mean, sure, people are more likely to die in car accidents, but on the bright side Amazon can run more of their competitors out of business by driving down delivery costs! Great...

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Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh... by avs733 on Friday July 02, 2021 @08:24PM (#27718352)

It’s another method of cost transfer. Rather than pay drivers better or in a way that allows them to slow down you incentivize them doing hints that put others at risk.

There’s a probability of an accident happening. And a probability of it causing a lawsuit and a probability of Amazon having to pay a settlement and a calculation of what that cost is compared to the savings of overtaxing drivers.

Bezos’ background at a hedge fund seems highly relevant to all this.

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