[TeMPOraL]

They're still giving us exactly what they promised - promised not by just words, but actions.

Initially, Uber set itself out as the hero of the day, riding on a shining horse to fight the Evil Taxi Mafia. Anyone who looked closely at how they did that could easily predict that what they want to become is the new, but worse, Taxi Mafia. They've been assholes almost from the start, they continue to be assholes now. That so many people only got angry after sexism accusations, of all the things, only makes me sad about the state of humanity.

[yummyfajitas]

How are they a worse taxi mafia? They provide more convenient service with fewer ripoffs and far less racism at lower prices.

As a consumer, what exactly should I be angry about?

[TeMPOraL]

As a homo economicus blindfoldus - nothing. Cheaper and better service here right now? Yay, party time!

As a responsible citizen of a civilized society however, one should be interested in how such a service comes to be, and what it means to people involved and the society at large.

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BTW. I'm founding a biotech startup now; we provide personalized medication for free, OTC, ordered through our mobile app. We can do that because of our innovative manufacturing model, which involves doing BSL-4 level work with pathogens in our garage. I.e. we're disrupting the corrupt dinosaur regulations to provide a cheaper and better service.

[yummyfajitas]

That's a lot of nice sounding platitudes, but it doesn't really tell me anything concrete beyond "TeMPOraL dislikes Uber".

[TeMPOraL]

You're a HN regular, so you've probably seen pretty much every single Uber misbehaviour over the last few years. I don't think there's more to be added.