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Anonymous ID:z8mE9djU Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:08:34 No.54745957 View Reply Report Delete

What does /pol/ think about Uber?
Should it be banned? Is it degeneracy?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:4Xs6dbdA Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:10:43 No.54746065 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54746181 >>54747905

you shouldn't ban something that threatens an old establishment. competition produces creativity and innovation.

its healthy competition

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:J00DtWgq Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:11:11 No.54746076 Report Delete

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>>54745957

I think he's a completely underused character whose superpower was completely wasted on him.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Zuc0QzB9 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:11:57 No.54746111 Report Delete

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Should ban Lyft. No need for hipsters to look like hipsters driving people around. Wear a fucking suit.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SXGOm9my Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:12:13 No.54746127 Report Delete

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>>54745957
For some reasons, it is banned in Germany. Just wanted to state that.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:7lXOQlNY Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:13:16 No.54746169 Report Delete

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>>54745957
only taxi drivers want it banned

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:z8mE9djU Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:13:31 No.54746181 Report Delete

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>>54746127
Because Europe is sane.

>>54746065
Competition shouldn't be breaking laws to compete.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:rRbjJi1h Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:13:43 No.54746195 Report Delete

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What does /pol/ think about the internet?
Should it be banned? Is it degeneracy?
Does it take jobs from libraries?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hutNF5CD Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:14:19 No.54746219 Report Delete

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>>54745957
I like it

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:f+OpmDzn Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:06 No.54746253 Report Delete

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Downloading the app

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:LcllpZXd Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:08 No.54746257 Report Delete

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>>54745957
What does it do? Ive heard about uber but never really looked into it?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:esRFzHrS Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:10 No.54746260 Report Delete

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>>54746181
There shouldn't be laws preventing competition

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:8WTZqx66 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:35 No.54746282 Report Delete

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>>54746181
What laws?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wlzNtX9b Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:36 No.54746284 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Taxi service
>fucking expensive as fuck
>generally shuttled around by some faggot who can speak all of four words of English
>always tends to take the scenic route, or
>always tends to take the route with most traffic
>racking up them dolla bills
>shitty old cars

Uber
>people are police and cheery as fuck
>speak fluent English
>generally ramp up a conversation with them and small talk the entire ride
>use of GPS maps with traffic updates
>1/3 less than taxi or more in some areas
>driver must have a relatively new car
>driver must pass a background check

Gee...I wonder which one I use the most often?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:J00DtWgq Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:36 No.54746285 Report Delete

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What does /pol/ think about the printing press?
Should it be banned? Is it degeneracy?
Does it take jobs from scribes?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:8YYBGzSS Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:38 No.54746290 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Uber is great but mostly bourgeoisie liberals use it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vCoLFNWV Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:16:04 No.54746308 Report Delete

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Taxi faggots are just luddites.

No one wants to sit in your shitty ugly smeply cab unless its 2am and i need a ride back from the bar. Fuck off cunts if i wanna get a ride from someone else thats my goddamn business

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:S2vZzKqw Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:16:30 No.54746327 Report Delete

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>>54745957
I think it should be allowed, like deregulating the trucking industry. We should all be allowed to work for the lowest wage possible.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vRet1y4U Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:17:11 No.54746356 Report Delete

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FREE MARKET NIGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:QDKaf5wZ Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:17:13 No.54746359 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54746567 >>54746671 >>54746712

It's it just a less regulated taxi service with a central online headquaters that takes most of the money?

Who cares. Taxis are shit. Uber is probably also shit. Whichever one is cheaper is better.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Zuc0QzB9 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:17:30 No.54746374 Report Delete

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>>54746257
Used it for the first time 2 days ago. You can call a cap and input your location on the app. Price is 33 percent cheaper than a black, green, yellow cap and not forced to tip. A drive from queens to Manhattan was 25. A yellow cap was in the 40s for the same location.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:zOXjesaj Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:18:57 No.54746448 Report Delete

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>>54746284
And most of the driver use waze which is fucking great.

Except for this one nigger last week got me stuck in traffic in Manhattan while he was using Apple maps. Niggers

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Uk6P8EqM Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:20:05 No.54746502 Report Delete

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what stops taxi drivers from becoming uber drivers? I thought taxi driving was one of the shittiest jobs around

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:RbI6DSEU Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:20:10 No.54746504 Report Delete

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>>54746181
taxi driver detected. Given how expensive taxi fares are here, it's a given that people would find alternatives.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:z8mE9djU Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:20:48 No.54746545 Report Delete

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>>54746260
>>54746282
Laws that regulate who can pick up who and how you can conduct business. If you want to transport other people for a living you need to have a license that shows you are adept enough to do so. Uber uses loopholes to avoid these laws. It's pure and utter degeneracy.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vGMju8Pp Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:21:02 No.54746558 Report Delete

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>>54745957
It sounds like taxi companies are upset their monopoly is being broke.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ATdE5TVu Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:21:12 No.54746567 Report Delete

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>>54746359
Why does a central online headquarters taking most of the money make it shitty?

I'd like to see you come up with a cheaper service

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3+BGkTnH Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:21:36 No.54746582 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747249

This reminds me of that story of Milton Friedman visiting China and seeing rows of manual laborers shoveling. He asked a Chinese official "why not just use machines to expedite the work?". The Chinese official responded that mechanization takes away jobs, and that it was important for all Chinese to have jobs. Friedman retorted that everyone would be employed if they were forced to uses spoons as shovels.

Anti-uber idiots are literal 21st century Luddites.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:y3pcINcK Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:21:41 No.54746586 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Its good.
Taxis have had it all for years.
Since they lacked competition the quality of their services got lower and lower and nobody could really do anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qc2bX/RT Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:21:47 No.54746593 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54746713 >>54747004

>>54745957
Boy do I love paying $49 to be driven 4 blocks. Fuck taxis, fucking fuck those Jews. What a joke our public transportation system is. We need better options for people without cars, people going to the airport, and drunk idiots who would otherwise drive home instead of paying $60 to get home. Uber is great.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:91rKLaCX Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:22:17 No.54746621 Report Delete

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>>54745957
I use it to make a few extra bucks between shifts, customers are often nice white women so I can't complain.

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:yDoTrbvx Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:22:48 No.54746647 Report Delete

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>>54745957
im kinda on the fence

on one hand i do understand their is a liability issue

but i also believe in "free enterprise" if you cant compete with another service then you have to innovate and come up with more effective means to be competitive, not go to the government and ask them to shut down your competitors because you cant compete

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:AtskZTYd Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:23:12 No.54746671 Report Delete

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>>54746359
lemme take you to your job everyday for a cent then m8

of course i dont even have a car but anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:PtP2W1Gd Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:23:22 No.54746687 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54748227

All the cab drivers in my town are indian men so I just pull runners on them

Might feel bad doing it too an uber driver

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:JZEDiiSi Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:23:27 No.54746691 Report Delete

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>>54746181
Problem is it's just a cunt hair away from being little more than a social network for offering rides for gas money. What, are they going to prove you aren't just 2 buddies going for a drive in court?

The only reason its even bad is because the big Jews have fucked actual cab drivers in the ass and now they are just in debt for no reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vt5a3WoI Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:23:56 No.54746712 Report Delete

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>>54746359
>with a central online headquaters that takes most of the money?
Besides being online how does that differ from regular taxi companies?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:91rKLaCX Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:23:56 No.54746713 Report Delete

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>>54746593
>4 blocks
Damn that's some degeneracy, you better be in the hood

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:OErqeZ0k Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:24:12 No.54746731 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747088 >>54748367

>>54746260

We're talking about particular laws that actually separate our country from one like India.

Eat your dick out, you twit. Let adults handle this.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:esRFzHrS Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:24:24 No.54746743 Report Delete

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>>54746545
>giving your grandmother a ride to church is degenerate

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:XK9QsTlg Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:24:30 No.54746748 Report Delete

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>>54746545
>If you want to transport other people for a living you need to have a license that shows you are adept enough to do so.

I'm tired of being cut off by achmeds in a rush to get their next customer, and really fucking tired of getting caught behind muhammeds who are trying to run up their fare on the damn freeway. You deserve to be replaced.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:DhJI+Kt0 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:25:07 No.54746780 Report Delete

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Uber is a problem for the Taxi industry, but the taxi industry isn't taking advantage of this moment in history the way they should be. Instead of crying for Uber to be subject to the same half-century-old over-the-top regulations that got clamped on the taxi industry when it was burgeoning (some were not without good reason, I'll admit), they should be using this as leverage for a lot of those regulations to be removed. Don't level the playing field by over-regulating, level it by promoting policies that encourage the kind of mold-breaking approach that Uber took in the first place.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:V/IUCv1Z Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:25:21 No.54746794 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747177

I actually applied to become a driver for them during the first rollout but the ape local taxi drivers warned they will vandalise the cars and then started hining to the government and the service was banned.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:gP6aPwCF Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:25:57 No.54746826 Report Delete

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>>54745957
I lap up taxishit tears

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:8WTZqx66 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:26:12 No.54746847 Report Delete

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>>54746545
Lol cry more, your industry did this to yourselves by indulging in a monopoly

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Tyr3GIOJ Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:26:13 No.54746848 Report Delete

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I'd care more about the taxi drivers losing their jobs if they weren't all no english shitskins.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:XfQyGOSM Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:26:30 No.54746861 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Evolve or die niggers, taxi drivers get with it or go fuck themselves

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:QePjHaBJ Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:26:33 No.54746864 Report Delete

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>>54745957

Hey asshole, your sign is backwards

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:pXZKm9/0 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:28:30 No.54746977 Report Delete

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I think its about time we ban the typewriter.

They took our JERBS!

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:386X8YLc Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:28:35 No.54746983 Report Delete

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>>54745957
fights between the taxi cab companies and uber/lyft/whaterver are like horse-and-buggy operators in the 1890s fighting over turf.

autonomous cars (ca. 2025?) will make all these things so fucking obsolete is isn't even funny.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3+BGkTnH Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:29:03 No.54747004 Report Delete

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>>54746593
>Jews

Don't you mean Arabs?

I don't think I've ever met a Jewish cabby/cabby owner. They're all run by eastern Europeans/Arabs/pooloos.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:esRFzHrS Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:30:42 No.54747088 Report Delete

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>>54746731
>taxpayers should pay to protect a private industry from having to compete in the free market
Most US cities don't even have those laws. The ones that do are worse off.

>>54747004
I'm sure Jews own the licence, they cost literally 6 figures in NYC.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:pXZKm9/0 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:31:11 No.54747105 Report Delete

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>>54747004
Jews own alot of taxi medallions, or so i have heard..

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:32:13 No.54747159 Report Delete

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>>54746127
cucked again germany.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:91rKLaCX Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:32:34 No.54747177 Report Delete

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>>54746794
The one "good" thing about working for uber in a nig apartment complex, none of the taxi drivers give a shit because they are collecting welfare from out of state.

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Anonymous ID:Fi93vBq4 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:32:42 No.54747186 Report Delete

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>>54745957
It's helping to undermine the government taxi medallion monopoly, so it's good in my book.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:bBoR6w8w Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:34:06 No.54747244 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747317

If Uber follows the damn law they won't keep having a problem.

They won't because it is cheaper to hire any olf yahoo rather than vet them properly.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:34:11 No.54747249 Report Delete

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>>54746582
china knows how to keep its slave class busy.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SKafRZu4 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:35:44 No.54747316 Report Delete

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Uber is awesome. So much nicer driving around in private vehicles instead of disgusting taxis. Plus, fuck unions. Sharing economy is caring economy. Empower the little guys.

Ride one and find out for yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:35:44 No.54747317 Report Delete

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>>54747244
what laws is uber breaking m8?

also why are you even worried? if uber really is breaking the law then the problem will fix itself m8. seems like you taxi shills are getting scared af m8.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:85Tu1Nur Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:36:10 No.54747339 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747794

>>54746181
Depends on which city and state you are talking about but Uber usually doesn't break laws. Many cities in the US have upheld decisions in favour of Uber operating in their cities.

Uber is just the next evolution in the taxi business. I feel bad for the drivers operating taxis that are trying to meet ends meet (But not the rich medallion owners who are simply leeching off profits that were protected by government). But then again if we tried to take everyone's interests into account we would never be able to make way for innovation.

Governments should have never made it so fucking difficult to operate a taxi.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:1XOzqSTU Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:37:08 No.54747389 Report Delete

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I've used Uber well over a dozen times at this point, and I've only met a creepy person once. I'd say those are good odds.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ge9awbd0 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:38:03 No.54747433 Report Delete

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Anybody against Uber is either a communist fuckhead or a taxi driver.

UberPOP was outlawed here because the taxi drivers kept destroying Uber cars and assaulting drivers. Fucking unbelievable. Everybody hates them now.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:8fiyY4Wg Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:38:20 No.54747450 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Taxi industry is antiquated. They're just mad because uber is currently removing kebab.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BqYDatsB Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:38:44 No.54747477 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747554 >>54747826 >>54747829

In my experience, it's more expensive then a taxi, with the potential to be WAY more expensive.

I prefer the taxi. If something gets fucked up, there are clear lines that I can go through to deal with my grievances.

And for you guys saying that taxis are driven by foreigners...so is fucking Uber, every ride I've tried so far. So not only am I still riding with foreigners, I am riding in the personal vehicles of people who do not have their shit together enough to use/have a medallion.

Fuck that sketchy shit. Especially in the winter. The taxis are at least maintained by people who understand what winter is, whether the drivers are learning or not. I can't say the same about uber.

Be trendy all you want, make up whatever excuse to follow a fad all you want, I'm sticking with what works.

The few times a year that I use a cab.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:40:24 No.54747554 Report Delete

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>>54747477
0/10 shill attempt.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:JcclwTe0 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:40:31 No.54747564 Report Delete

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I live in London so uber has taken up pretty well around here. It's great. If the buses are too weird to navigate when you're piss drunk you can get door to door for cheaper than a black cab at a moments notice.

Even cabbies don't seem to mind it. The cabbies I know say the competition isnt a problem as much as the general state of the economy. People don't have the money for black cabs anymore hence ubers success.

I will say though receiving a 5 quid penalty fair for inadvertantly calling an uber at 3am while smashed was a bit of a sting but they've saved my bacon so many times since I don't even care.

Supply and demand rules the roads either way

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:nOF6g2Ao Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:43:19 No.54747715 Report Delete

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>>54746502
Because all the pooloo's here spend their after shifts at late night brothels anon.They don't own the car and often they never will be able to.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:l0rXVJpg Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:43:37 No.54747730 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747824 >>54747885

>>54745957
Uber works because they outsource all the costs of the business to the drivers while retaining the profits for themselves.

It's genius, but you have to be retarded to drive for them. The numbers just don't work.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:eQ0ZPUqV Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:44:35 No.54747775 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Used it once. It's not bad. About the same as a taxi though...

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:386X8YLc Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:44:54 No.54747794 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747966

>>54747339
city governments want to generate revenue, control congestion, and to have guaranteed levels of service.

most of the principle behind municipal licensing make sense.
the big problem is that medallions can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and last basically forever.

the problem could be solved by circulating 1-3 year licenses that were periodically auctioned, just like the bond market.
this way you don't get long-term bubbles in medallion costs and the city actually gets the bulk of the revenue they're looking for at relatively fair prices.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:45:36 No.54747824 Report Delete

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>>54747730
>It's genius, but you have to be retarded to drive for them. The numbers just don't work.
>numbers don't work
>is massively successful
yellow taxi shill pls go.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:85Tu1Nur Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:45:38 No.54747826 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54747966 >>54748160

>>54747477
It depends on the city.

Personally in New York Uber and the yellow cab cost roughly the same. But in most cases taxis would probably cost a little less.

In L.A. taxis are way more fucking expensive.

In Panama, where I'm right now, taxis are a piece of shit. None of them want to use a meter and they always try to put a gringo tax on me when they realize I'm a foreigner they try to pull off gringo tax shit on me. None of these taxi drivers know a single word of english (And don't worry I actually try to explain where I'm going in Spanish). With Uber, the cars were way better, the drivers usually at least know a bit of English. ıf they don't it's no problem since they can see the end destination on their phone. They can't take a scenic route because the driver and you can see everything on the GPS.

Most taxi drivers in Panama are such a piece of shit they're bringing doom upon themselves. I used taxis here for the first couple of days, all but one of them were honest with me. Ever since I've used Uber and it was cheaper and so much easier.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3CezAE+8 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:45:41 No.54747829 Report Delete

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>>54747477
>having no choice is a better option
fuckin idiot

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BqYDatsB Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:46:32 No.54747863 Report Delete

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>>54747554
Shill is pretending that uber is some immaculate service full of blue eyed blondes in shiny clean cars that smell great.

Uber's full of the pakis that the taxi driver brought over who are too stupid to drive taxis themselves.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:1XOzqSTU Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:46:53 No.54747885 Report Delete

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>>54747730
From the guy's I've talked to, there are a lot of different reasons people take up being Uber drivers.

One guy I knew was straight up retired and thought it was a good way for him to get out of the house and meet new people. He said it'd been working out.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:d1f156io Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:47:20 No.54747905 Report Delete

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>>54746065

Its the walmart of taxis. Another excuse to give the common man less money.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ltnWefC2 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:47:34 No.54747917 Report Delete

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Uber fucking owns. Taxis need to go the way of video arcades.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BqYDatsB Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:48:15 No.54747955 Report Delete

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>>54747829
I didn't say that, you narrative-shackled strawmanning retard. Learn to read. I said I'M not using it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:85Tu1Nur Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:48:27 No.54747966 Report Delete

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>>54747794
Municipal licensing makes sense, I agree with you.

But the way most cities give out medallions doesn't. And it's part of the reason why taxis are becoming less favourable to the Uber.

>>54747826
all but one of them weren't honest with me*

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:49:05 No.54747998 Report Delete

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>>54747863
>Shill is pretending that uber is some immaculate service full of blue eyed blondes in shiny clean cars that smell great.
projecting much? hehe

>Uber's full of the pakis that the taxi driver brought over who are too stupid to drive taxis themselves.
Either making shit up or you just got unlucky.

Uber's doing extremely well so obviously you're in the minority. Bitch and whine all you want, the free market is fixing it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:U84KrU4t Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:49:16 No.54748008 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54748461

because i dont want some dude weed faggot with a license driving me around

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:T3C3nS3x Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:50:36 No.54748079 Report Delete

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>>54746181
Found the greasy taxi owning sand nigger

Mad that your medallion you paid a million for is only worth 400k now?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:N9KoVEJo Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:52:11 No.54748157 Report Delete

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>>54745957
It's a degenerate city people problem. I don't give a shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:tdSyrLxf Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:52:12 No.54748158 Report Delete

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>>54745957
let the market sort it out, please

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BqYDatsB Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:52:16 No.54748160 Report Delete

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>>54747826
Well where I am we're a city of a million with a downtown built for a few thousand (Calgary). And if their premium shit kicks in whole we're stuck in that traffic, it's fucked. Hundreds of dollars for a $30 ride. With a taxi, if we get stuck, I might pay $10 more or so.

Uber might be something I'd actually use when traveling. Because when I travel and use taxis, often they keep fucking stopping at their friends kiosks ect. Like in Jamacia this fuckhead drove us up a mountain just to stop at his buddy's stupid stand.

So in a case lkike that, a less established driver might be a better choice. But for my home city I don't need to fix what isn't broken, I've tried, it was more expensive with the potential to be insanely more expensive.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:OcOqUIV6 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:53:43 No.54748227 Report Delete

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>>54746687
That, and Uber takes your card information before you can even request one.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BqYDatsB Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:54:09 No.54748252 Report Delete

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>>54747998
I'm not bitching and whining, I'm saying it's not some fucking magical cure all for everything that's wrong with taxis. I've tried it a bunch of times now.

Fuck you and your simplistic "be in lockstep with whatever I think however I think it or you are x" mentality.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BqYDatsB Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:54:44 No.54748277 Report Delete

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>>54748160
Oh and I should mention I've used uber in three other cities.

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:aiZggz3v Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:55:19 No.54748310 Report Delete

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>>54746983

The future is bright

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:55:48 No.54748329 Report Delete

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>>54748252
>not bitching and whining
>complaining about uber
lol okay bud.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mkl1spT+ Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:56:32 No.54748367 Report Delete

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>>54746731
That's doubly funny because third world shit holes are the MOST likely to have bullshit laws that protect rackets rather than legit competition.

Read about Bali airport taxis fighting with the Bluebird group to learn more.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:jmXn9afI Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:57:09 No.54748400 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Jews don't like it for some reason

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:bLRgz4XU Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:58:29 No.54748461 Report Delete

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>>54748008
This.

If you're in an accident there's no way to be sure their insurance will cover any medical bills. At least with actual cab companies there is something to sue if need be.

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Anonymous ID:pRGJrrS5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:59:03 No.54748490 Report Delete

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Anyone else realize that uber is the company that's gonna make driverless cars a thing in ~20 years?
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/03/are-driverless-cars-the-future-of-uber

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:85Tu1Nur Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:59:08 No.54748498 Report Delete

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>>54748160
Yes, just user whatever is best in the city.

In Turkey I only used taxis despite there being Uber (albeit a bit limited)

Nothing shady about the taxis in Turkey, all of the taxis come from a established "Taxi stop" and they all run the meter. Plus taxis are fucking cheap too and the cars are usually good (at worst it's gonna be a new basic Hyundai Accent). It was way better than Uber.

At worst taxi drivers might try to take you to your destination with the longer route, but most of them don't try to pull that shit on you.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:3RI/d8E5 Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:00:49 No.54748589 Report Delete

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>>54748461
Once an uber driver gets into an accident we will figure out how true this meme really is.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:JA22R0l4 Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:02:00 No.54748648 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54748797 >>54748906

>>54746983
I love the idea of self-driving vehicles, and they're going to make so many industries redundant.
But goddamn, that car design is ugly. Who actually thinks that anthropomorphising a car by giving it a face is a good thing? What is this, Tomas the Tank engine? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

It's like they're trying to make autonomous vehicles lame in the public eye before they're even released. That's not how you build a desirable brand.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Zz6+jBdw Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:02:21 No.54748666 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54748903

all taxi's are evil!!!
i guess.
probably not.
only used uber once with my buddy driving because he was low on cash and i didn't want to just give him free money.
tacobell/10

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NUtUFIvn Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:03:32 No.54748717 Report Delete

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It's Uber today or the self driving cars in the next five or ten years. Let's just cut the crap now and let the future take over.

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Anonymous ID:386X8YLc Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:04:58 No.54748797 Report Delete

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>>54748648
> jewgle being good at industrial design, ever

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:jEQ+4rnl Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:05:19 No.54748825 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Yes, it's degenerate and all uber drivers are scumbag criminal rapists. No sarcasm, seriously; they're scum. It's pretty bad when you can make cabbies look classy.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:FyJl9Txc Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:05:58 No.54748855 Report Delete

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>>54746284
This.
Uber is superior in every way taxi drivers on suicide watch.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:yEaWYCwr Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:06:40 No.54748893 Report Delete

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Slippery slope.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NUtUFIvn Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:06:56 No.54748903 Report Delete

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>>54748666

nice try satan.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:FLHivXr3 Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:07:01 No.54748906 Report Delete

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>>54748648
i'd imagine the final model wouldn't look anything like that. that's just the prototype, so they're trying to make it friendly so people don't think it's going to start judgement day or something

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Txe/yx6B Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:11:34 No.54749139 Report Delete

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>>54745957
>the free market going around monopolistic barriers is degeneracy
Wew schlomo

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:JA22R0l4 Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:12:33 No.54749195 Report Delete

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>>54748906
>i'd imagine the final model wouldn't look anything like that. that's just the prototype
I know, but branding begins before a product as actually released. Just look at how Microsoft fucked up with the Xbone before it hit the shelves.

>they're trying to make it friendly so people don't think it's going to start judgement day or something
Good point.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:trHsQOak Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:12:48 No.54749203 Report Delete

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>>54745957

Let's see, should we be against something that democrats and republicans hate?

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Anonymous ID:QRmSaVzt Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:14:52 No.54749314 Report Delete

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>Supporting the government taxi cartel

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Anonymous ID:IjRpxCcw Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:15:49 No.54749366 Report Delete

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Uber is an example of how efficient things could be if the market was freer. The taxi business is not a free market and there's so much ridiculous bullshit that has led to unsatisfactory services. Uber was able to skirt around the bullshit.

Take-home message here is that the free market always breaks thorugh and finds a way

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Q2d2f8uT Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:17:02 No.54749429 Report Delete

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It's a good example of the race to the bottom

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:FIU/e4/1 Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:21:28 No.54749708 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54750057

>>54745957
>What does /pol/ think about Uber?
It's a pretty good service. I've debated becoming a driver, but with the recent rise in blacks in my community I'd rather not risk actually having to use my CCW.

>Should it be banned?
No, government enforced monopolies are bullshit.
>Is it degeneracy?
some of the drivers might me, but Uber as a whole is not.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:g5jqBUkT Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:23:51 No.54749833 Report Delete

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>>54746545
I wonder who lobbied for such a fucking retarded law. Why shouldn't an adult be allowed to go into another adult's car and pay for transportation?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6m2X8uJn Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:25:06 No.54749905 Report Delete

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>>54746545
>any fucktard can spend ten minutes driving around the block to get a license to operate a motor vehicle
>have to jump through a bunch of hoops to certify you can drive with a stranger in the car

I think a judgemental, neutral, third-party should accompany drivers everywhere for a year and lay into them when they fucking PULL OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+bRoH5fq Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:25:09 No.54749909 Report Delete

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>>54745957
Have you taken a taxi lately?
Cars are disgusting, drivers don't speak English, more expensive fare and then they expect a tip, and they are never around when you need one.
Fuck the old cab system, it needed reform a long time ago.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:QRmSaVzt Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:27:41 No.54750057 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>54750421

>>54749708
Uber doesn't allow drivers and passengers to ccw anymore.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:IjRpxCcw Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:34:36 No.54750421 Report Delete

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>>54750057
Uber doesn't allow passengers to ccw anymore.

How is that even enforcible?
I mean, if I'm concealed carrying, by definition they're not going to know.
And if they somehow did find out, what could possibly happen? I only broke a company's rules, not the law. No action can be taken against me.

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