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Uber has defeated Bill de Blasio’s plan to rein them in

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Re: Uber has defeated Bill de Blasio’s plan to rein them in

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Post by SilasX »

rquantz wrote: post #7
josh2600 wrote: post #2

Can't stop, won't stop. Uber continues to amaze me with their incredibly skillful political maneuvering. They seem to have roadblocks thrown in their way at every turn and they manage to just keep trucking. Heads down, eyes on the prize; it's really quite impressive to watch. I have to believe it starts at the top with a tunnel vision approach to revenue growth. It's like that old Al Davis quote "Just win baby!". Whe…

Yes, a company with an illegal business model stayed under the radar until they got big enough that they could combat the legal challenges to their illegal business model. Always a pleasure to watch.

Yishan Wong explained it well in a Quora answer about the law being "lazily evaluated" and how the political realities can change by the time the law comes after a business in earnest:

https://www.quora.com/Why-has-Airbnb-not-been-sued-or-regula...

Re: Uber has defeated Bill de Blasio’s plan to rein them in

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Post by beatpanda »

marssaxman wrote: post #10
rquantz wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, a company with an illegal business model stayed under the radar until they got big enough that they could combat the legal challenges to their illegal business model. Always a pleasure to watch.

When their business model is only illegal due to a corrupt, inefficient, entrenched monopoly which is just as hostile to its customers as its employees, yes, it is indeed a pleasure to watch someone take on the machine and win.

Where "winning" is the normalization of precarious labor where the employee assumes all risk and somehow makes even less money than they did in "the machine".

Oh, but you got to the club a little faster. Baller, bro.

Re: Uber has defeated Bill de Blasio’s plan to rein them in

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Post by snitko »

fx85ms wrote: post #5

The title would be better if it were "Uber has defeated Bill de Blasio's plan to block them from doing business". I think we really need to fight the notion that Uber promotes "ride sharing", whatever that even means now. Uber has shown that its service is anything but sharing - it is plain old taxi with a spiffy app and no labour protection, and where their "employees" are merely treated as another replaceable contr…

And yet people choose to use them and pay them money. But no, we must protect those willing customers from the dangers of doing business freely and having an actuall choice, instead of paying extra to a violent monopoly of taxi drivers who'd rather crash other's cars than compete honestly.

Re: Uber has defeated Bill de Blasio’s plan to rein them in

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Post by dang »

fx85ms wrote: post #5

The title would be better if it were "Uber has defeated Bill de Blasio's plan to block them from doing business". I think we really need to fight the notion that Uber promotes "ride sharing", whatever that even means now. Uber has shown that its service is anything but sharing - it is plain old taxi with a spiffy app and no labour protection, and where their "employees" are merely treated as another replaceable contr…

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