https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-03/companies-are-getting-smarter-about-raising-their-prices

  • OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    Uber is just a taxi service where the company doesn't have to follow the normal taxi regulations and safety, pays its drivers at a much worse rate, doesn't have to pay anything for servicing vehicles or licensing drivers, and sells your travel data.

    • landlords_morghulis@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 month ago

      And it specifically undercuts existing taxi unions, hollowing out those jobs and the decades of negotiatons that they won, while also increasing cost to users. Meanwhile, I know people who've lost money while working for uber and doordash.