• magnetosphere
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    14810 months ago

    If this meant that Uber was actually investing in the U.S. passenger rail system, then I’d cheer them on. It doesn’t, though, so Uber can continue to suck my ass.

    • @FatCat
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      Ride sharing and micromobility services are great and the future. It is more sustainable and convenient.

      I don’t get why some people are mad about it.

      • @[email protected]
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        3310 months ago

        Uber is an awful company, but rideshare as a whole is beneficial in the terms of getting less cars sold and used.

        There is some attempt somewhere in the US to do a coop out of Uber, where there is no middleman public company and drivers get all the fares. I hope that works out.

      • @yokonzo
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        2810 months ago

        Probably because of their shitty business practices in an ecosystem that already has strong class oppression

      • @[email protected]
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        2310 months ago

        Because Uber spends money actively fighting against paying the people who work for them a living wage.

        • @FatCat
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          If these people had any leverage or unity they would get what they want. When these “fighters” are weak and unable to bargain for the wages and conditions they want all they have is whining about “uber bad”.

          • @frunch
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            610 months ago

            Gotta love an Uber shill ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

            • 100_kg_90_de_belin
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              410 months ago

              It isn’t just the taste of the boot. It’s the deeply held belief that if they lick enough boots, they’ll become the ones wearing boots.

            • @FatCat
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              -210 months ago

              Where did I shill for uber? LOL

          • @[email protected]
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            210 months ago

            Hard to union when they are contractors with no direct way to communicate. Not to mention the company “contracting” them can just stop servicing the areas where the union talks are cropping up.

            Is it possible? Yes. But extremely unlikely unless a major player in the union world steps up and pours in a shit ton of effort.

            • @FatCat
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              210 months ago

              True. Hopefully they unionize more and get more leverage and get better wages at some point!!

      • 100_kg_90_de_belin
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        2010 months ago

        Have you missed all the instances of Uber exploiting people, or are you just fine with that?

          • Klara
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            610 months ago

            *under capitalism and other non-democratic economic systems

              • @UnderpantsWeevil
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                110 months ago

                Traditionally, the trick to achieving this involves embezzlement, fraud, or some other racket.

              • @[email protected]
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                -110 months ago

                This is such a fucking boring take. It masquerades as anti-capitalist but it’s just plain anti-labor. Go do literally anything substantive without any labor, I’ll wait.

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          -2510 months ago

          People compain about uber yet without it they wouldn’t have their unqualified job. Curious…

            • @FatCat
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              -510 months ago

              Good one love it

          • @UnderpantsWeevil
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            510 months ago

            without it they wouldn’t have their unqualified job

            You’d never even know jobs existed before the taxi cab tech startup.

            • @FatCat
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              110 months ago

              Good point… Uber revolutionized taxi industry by letting cab drivers be their own boss! 🤔🤔

              • @UnderpantsWeevil
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                110 months ago

                People actually believe this shit and it is extremely sad.

          • @webadict
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            410 months ago

            People complain about slavery yet without it they wouldn’t be housed and fed. Curious…

            • @FatCat
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              110 months ago

              Exactly!! Now you are getting it!

      • magnetosphere
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        1310 months ago

        As a general concept, I don’t think you’re wrong. However, Uber in particular is problematic. They’re greedy, exploit their workers, and threaten municipalities that try to regulate them.

        • @FatCat
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          That is public company 101. They answer to their shareholders to make maximum profit.

          “Ohh no why is uber so evil wanting to make as much money as possible”

          That’s every company 😆

          • @[email protected]
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            -210 months ago

            Odd that so many people here are implicitly defending all other companies like Nike, Apple and McDonald’s… as long as it’s not Uber exploitation is ok or something?

        • @[email protected]
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          010 months ago

          Where are costs matching salaries? Like which company? I’d love to work for such a place.

        • @FatCat
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          No one is forced to work for uber

            • @FatCat
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              Great rebuttal not stooping to ad hominem. 🙄😅

          • @Moneo
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            510 months ago

            Nobody is “forced to work” for any job yet labour laws still exist you absolute muppet.

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        The future of burgerland, maybe. There’s no space for cars in a civilized world.

        • @FatCat
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          Car ownership and use is prevalent in every developed nation. Even Netherlands and other places with good city planning.

          This “future” you speak of will never exist

          • @Gabu
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            410 months ago

            “Hurr durr, there’s polution in every nation. A world without polution will never exist”.

            “Hurr durr, there’s slavery everywhere (0 BCE), a future without slavery will never exist”.

            • @[email protected]
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              110 months ago

              Seriously though cars are here to stay in some capacity. Trains aren’t good ambulances.

              When people push such absurd idealism all it does is make the more sensible approaches to sustainable trasit systems harder to argue for because everyone has already written it off after seeing people getting wild

            • @FatCat
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              Yes a world without dildos, bananas, murder and war will also exist because some unqualified withful moron said so on an online comment board.

              • @Gabu
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                310 months ago

                Do the world a favour and deepthroat your car, exhaust-first.