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Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by infecto on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:55AM (#43205592)
I am being pedantic and never worked for Uber but I always assumed it was sidecar, I vividly remember them all over the city with their side mirror covers--don't ever recall seeing Wingz, though I am sure the existed.

I would argue it was not even so much that they were doing "things the right way", they were optimizing black car service and pivoted because it was not as lucrative.

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Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by kjkjadksj on Friday February 28, 2025 @11:24AM (#43207383)
What they pivoted to wasn’t lucrative either. I ubered all the time when it came out because pricing was like $4-7 for most trips that would be $30ish or more now. It was fueled on vc money to prime a generation of people going to bars to use uber and it worked perfectly. Now people just reflexively call that uber even when its surging to $60.
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