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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • @Madison420
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    06 days ago

    An optional “profession” that steals money from qualified taxis and is also super abusive towards its employees. That’s not an excuse, that’s an explanation an kinda of a bad one at that.

    • @aidan
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      16 days ago

      An optional “profession” that steals money from qualified taxis

      It’s not stealing if it doesn’t take it out of their wallet. Maybe the issue is instead the expensive restrictions on becoming a taxi driver? Or the virtual monopoly many taxi companies have. Or just that almost always a taxi is a worse experience.

      • @Madison420
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        05 days ago

        That’s literally what it does. Taxis didn’t have monopoly, they have a licensed job specifically because unlicensed taxis were dangerous and people at the time were getting shanghaied.

        • @aidan
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          15 days ago

          Did Spotify steal from radio?

          they have a licensed job specifically because unlicensed taxis were dangerous and people at the time were getting shanghaied.

          Do you have any source for that happening significantly more frequently with Ubers?