Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc::An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc.

  • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Um, you do realise that the only reason you couldn’t get a normal taxi was because Uber’s business model was to destroy the industry and take over?

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      1 year ago

      … yes, they destroyed the taxi industry in a remote airport where they never rolled out service to. Right.

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        1 year ago

        Oh boy 😂

        Edit - I should explain

        Uber never rolled out service to the airport because it wasn’t profitable enough, that would be the only reason

        The few remaining taxi drivers still in work after Uber destroyed their industry won’t go to the airport, for the same reason Uber didn’t. But now the taxi drivers are even less likely to go there as they’re forced to go where the money is, wherever that may be

        Let’s face it, if you ever used Uber to save yourself a few dollars, it was at Uber’s expense; they made a loss on it

        Now the taxi drivers have gone, they have a monopoly and have quadrupled their prices

        As they say, there’s never one flake of snow that thinks it was responsible for an avalanche

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          1 year ago

          Your point was obvious. It’s still awful and makes bad assumptions on taxi availability and demand in an a rural area. Your entire argument seems to be based on city economics of supply and demand at scale.