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Everything old is new again.
(lemmy.world)
That said, Taxi drivers have something Uber drivers don't- a union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Taxi_Workers%27_Alliance
I can do that with my local taxi company anyway so they don't even have that to differentiate themselves.
That's cool. Where at? I mean, I haven't seen any taxi in a place I've ever visited with an app.
And then there's the issue of knowing what app before you get there, or just trusting the sign on the side of the taxi, and subsequently the app to not farm your data.
Wait, you trust cab companies less them uber?
When Uber first arrived, fuck yeah. Taxis would take stupid routes to run the meter up to overcharge you. Often the drivers were extremely belligerent or ornery for no same reason. Using taxis has been a terrible experience for many.
the other issue that Uber helped with in the beginning was mess with Mob controlled taxi cartels that used regulation as a shield that's why service was so poor. By skating those laws it put some market presure to improve slightly. but now that they got so big it's back to being cappy again and the mob has moved into that market as well now.
Hack the Planet! Hack the planet!
Sorry I have zero cool
Do you have a source for that?
Is it some niche thing or widespread?
maybe a niche thing to New York and is completely anecdotal from people i know but it's more those same cab companies moving into the ride share market.
where do you think the drivers who don't even speak the language and look nothing like the face on the licence are getting the cars?
it is just that instead of exploiting them working in construction industry, they now exploit them behind the wheel.
That's not a source.
Go to uber recruitment center, tell them you don't have a car or bussines licence and ask if they can do something for you. See what happens.
That's also not a source.
yes, it is. first hand experience is the best source you can have.
No, it's not.
go back to kindergarten, clown
No one likes you.
You mean the mob has moved into the Uber market?
yeah as in the same taxi companies and their drivers use the app as drivers on top of taxi rides.
So if you order an Uber they might show up in a taxi?
yeah or black towncar not all taxi companies are yellow with checkered stripes. they will have all the logos on the outside or in the window. Uber, Lift they run them all. They run fleets with exploited immigrants and take their cut just like the mob is known to do.