Re:Uber ordered to halt transportation services in Germany
by bowlofpetunias on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @04:58AM
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What Uber does has nothing to do with Silicon Valley and startups.
It's the same exploitation through evading labor and safety laws dozens of shady companies have done for decades.
If a transportation company exploits East-European truck drivers, or a building company exploits construction workers it's disgraceful, but because an American company does it by using a phone app it's suddenly cool and "disruptive"?
I'm glad that we have a level of protection in terms of privacy, consumer and worker rights.
Uber is not innovative. Uber is the same old scam all over again. But with an app.
It's the same exploitation through evading labor and safety laws dozens of shady companies have done for decades.
If a transportation company exploits East-European truck drivers, or a building company exploits construction workers it's disgraceful, but because an American company does it by using a phone app it's suddenly cool and "disruptive"?
I'm glad that we have a level of protection in terms of privacy, consumer and worker rights.
Uber is not innovative. Uber is the same old scam all over again. But with an app.