Uber Suspends Its Ride-Sharing Service in Spain Following a Court Ruling

Re:Uber Suspends Its Ride-Sharing Service in Spain Following... by vbezhenar on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @03:40PM (#8820982)

What's wrong with people giving rides for money? That's ideal model of open market IMO. I have this model applied in my country and 5 kilometers taxi ride would cost around 1-2 euros, depending on time (bus costs 0.4 euro). That's nice for customers, if you ask me. There's other side of the coin, it might not be safe enough to ride with unknown driver at night being in unconscious state. But we have public taxi services with slightly higher prices for that.

I was at Spain in my vacation and transportation costs shocked me, TBH.

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Re:Uber Suspends Its Ride-Sharing Service in Spain Following... by mobiplayer on Friday January 02, 2015 @04:01AM (#8826112)

Hey vbezhenar,

I don't see nothing morally wrong on their business model. I'm just pointing out it is illegal under the current law and that's why there's no Spanish Uber. Also, we all know this is not ride-sharing, just a cheaper and unregulated taxi company. Blablacar is ride-sharing :)

Transportation costs in Spain are far from free, but if you were shocked I would recommend you not visiting Britain for your health's sake. Well, I actually recommend visiting the country because it is beautiful, but just don't hop on a train.

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