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by blowski 3904 days ago
Uber can only exist in a society with a detailed and rigorously applied legal code, decent transport infrastructure, and wealthy citizens. I'm sure there are more requirements.

As Uber benefits from public spending on these things, they should also contribute to their upkeep.
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smt88 3904 days ago
> detailed and rigorously applied legal code

Not sure this one is a necessity. Uber is growing in China and India, and both of those places have legal systems and levels of corruption that shock those of us in the US learning about them for the first time.

I agree that Uber should contribute to the upkeep, but I was just doing an absolute comparison between Uber and taxi companies.

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kuschku 3904 days ago
Eh, look at Germany: We had like 5 or 6 different uber-like businesses already competing before uber even was a thing.

The only reason uber even ever made profit in some German cities was by refusing to buy insurance and thereby being cheaper than the competitors.

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