Yeah, but Uber's shareprices are through the roof. That's their real customer, and the same for any company with shareholders by law.
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Why would it work any differently? If there’s a way for the company to make more money off both and there’s no punishment for doing so, what’s the incentive for anything else?
Yeah, my first thought was this isn't news. This is literally reporting that someone is doing their job.
It sucks that the goal in capitalism is just more money. Unions are how labor gets stuff in capitalism. Even if they aren't perfect, dont hate the player, hate the game.
dont hate the player, hate the game.
Awful expression. If you're playing an abusive game on purpose, you're still being abusive. I'll hate both, thankyouverymuch.
Most people's pension funds invest in all the awful companies they like to complain about.
You can despise capitalism, but ultimately we still need to exist in a capitalist society.
Most people's pension funds invest in all the awful companies they like to complain about
Which is also bad for everyone who's not already rich, compared to old fashioned pensions NOT dependent on what is basically a casino with socialized losses and private gains for the already obscenely rich.
You can despise capitalism
Thanks for the permission, kind sir/madam/other 🫡
we still need to exist in a capitalist society.
Short term, yes. Probably medium term too. But long term, we CAN change the system into something much better than the global pyramid scheme we have going on now.
Capitalism isn't a law of nature. It's a choice, and an awful one at that.
More hippie than viking I see
Yeah, I'm viking by birth (born, raised, umpteenth generation Scandinavian) but am a far left anticapitalist and anti-authoritarian pacifist 😁
I hope you are able to convince the elders that dragons are our friends
You better believe it!
Thanks, I love it! ❤️
You can always drive for lyft
But are your customers on Lyft? It's no good getting 10% more per journey if you're doing half as many of them.
I assume most taxi drivers are on as many services as they can cram onto their phones anyway, hoping to cherry-pick any decent jobs.
When I drove Lyft in my area it was enough to be busy, but I wouldn't know now
has led to higher fares for passengers and lower earnings for drivers, while increasing Uber's share of revenue
Sounds like the steps 2 and 3 on the path of enshittification.
If only there was some sort of governing organization that's supposed to protect us from unfair labour practices and exploitation
Passengers brought this upon themselves as well to be fair. Everybody loved it when they offered cheap rides. Omg upsetting an old encrusted business, just like streaming! Just worse because here, workers were also exploited, and it was obvious that at one point, people would get squeezed.
Btw here in Germany, it never really took off because of the strong laws regarding transportation that were not changed for Uber IIRC. I remember people complaining.
Same here in the Netherlands, sucks to be American I guess :p
This is why on the rare occasion I even use these services, I get their contact info and just pay them directly in the future.
Look, sometimes I need a driver. Maybe I drank too much at a bar, maybe I'm coming back from the airport, I don't know. But I'll gladly pay extra to an individual knowing that they don't have to pay a corporation.
I don't use these services, but out of curiosity how has that gone for you? To and from the airport where you can give a heads up of at least a few days makes sense to me, but I always figured part of the allure was flexible scheduling and the location algorithm. I can't imagine a driver would want to give their information out and possibly get a call at like 2 am to do a pickup somewhere they aren't close to. Do they give you their general schedule and service area? Do you have a long list or do you just pay 1 or 2 well enough that they will make the trip even if they're not actually working at that time?
I live in a pretty small town so you end up getting the same drivers sometimes and then sometimes you see them around town...so in my case it is probably less weird. I guess this wouldn't really work in a bigger area.
Was this supposed to be surprising? Anyone who's been either a driver or customer with Uber over the last few years has recognized this trend. Same goes for Lyft. They opened with super-low fares to beat local cab companies and build habits. Now it's time to go back to the few local companies that were able to hold out against the "disruption".
Grass is green, sky is blue, and Uber is run by people I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire.