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_vrmm ◴[] No.21627000[source]
I know this opinion is not popular but I'm so happy everytime I see bad news for Uber and all these companies that only exist thanks to basically exploiting THEIR workers.

Private transporting is not sustainable and it is not something that has to be affordable for everyone, even less by lowering workers wages or playing with the tariffs by demand. Taxi regulations gives us passengers safety and fair prices. There are taxi apps that work exactly like Uber's like 'Free-now' where you can see your trip, its aproximate cost, the driver's rating...

We have to promote governments that support affordable and good quality public transport, even though I love driving alone in my car.

I hope Deliveroo, Glovo and other companies are also punished for their labour rights abuses. Make sure your delivery guy is payed fairly or either go to the restaurant yourself.

So many years of labour rights fights being attacked by these startups that do not invent anything but base their business model on lower wages.

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UK-Al05 ◴[] No.21627272[source]
"regulations gives us passengers safety and fair prices." - We had these before Uber, and it was worse.

Uber has pushed up quality in general. Market pressure is often a better way of doing these things rather trying to have a central inspector who can't see everything all of the time.

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1. SXX ◴[] No.21627697[source]
What Uber did have nothing to do with market pressure because all that competition is not driven by the market, but enormous amounts of VC money dumped into it in attempt to capture some market share.

PS: I'm not pushing for government regulation in any way though. UK have enough of totalitarianism-like regulations already.