Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
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Re: Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
#2Just to be clear, because it is not mentioned in the article, this is about UberPop. Uber is legal with some caveats.
Re: Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
#3That's nice: they will have time to (finally) explain to our government what's the difference between Uber and Uber-X services versus Uber-Pop when offered by unlicenced (for private hires) drivers. And we can hope that at least here they are safer than in the streets of Paris
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Re: Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
#5I like Uber's service, but it's obvious that they are a taxi. A better taxi company, but a taxi; and they should get their licenses in order.
Re: Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
#6So as to make things clear, UberPop has been outlawed in France months ago but keeps operating.
The fines are considered "operating costs" by UberPop, who takes care of paying the fines when UberPop drivers are getting caught.
You can remove the quotes at illicit.
Re: Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
#7I like Uber's service, but it's obvious that they are a taxi. A better taxi company, but a taxi; and they should get their licenses in order.
The licenses are what made the taxi system so inefficient.
Re: Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
#8I like Uber's service, but it's obvious that they are a taxi. A better taxi company, but a taxi; and they should get their licenses in order.
The licenses are what made the taxi system so inefficient.
you are correct, but blatantly ignoring the law is usually not the best way to fix that
Re: Two Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
#9> The standoff reflects larger tensions in France over how to regulate fast-moving technology and stay globally competitive while ensuring labour protections.
This kind of biased journalism just pisses me off. Uber has nothing to do with "fast-moving technology". They could have done this service with on old fashioned phone dispatch in the 50s and it would still be the same illegal operation.
Sure, they've added some bells and whistle, but that merely serves to disguise what it really is: offering a cheaper service by breaking multiple laws.
Uber is about breaking the law, not about technology, and I'm glad they finally get treated as the criminals they are.