[linkregister]

Delete Uber for a good reason, such as the fact that ride sharing makes driving unreliable as a source of income. Professional drivers have seen their incomes decrease and hours increase drastically.

The article in question starts out breathlessly accusing Uber of spying on users, only to completely walk back the claim by the end. Just by reading the article alone we see that the permission was granted to overcome a capability lapse in the Apple Watch.

[hueving]

>such as the fact that ride sharing makes driving unreliable as a source of income.

That's a terrible reason. Taxi drivers also have an unreliable source of income with the burden of medallion rent in some of the larger cities.

Do you also boycott all construction since that is also unreliable for basic laborers?

[macintux]

The parent’s point was that ridesharing makes life worse for other paid drivers.

If Taskrabbit started sabotaging income for highway construction workers I might avoid it (although to be fair I’ve never used it).

[bryondowd]

Seems like an insufficient reason to me. Many software developers automate processes which in turn eliminates jobs entirely. It's a little different, but still a case of one person/group benefitting at the cost of another's livelihood.

[taneq]

Waitstaff also have an unreliable source of income and see their incomes decrease or hours increase drastically. Planning to boycott restaurants?

[macintux]

See my reply to hueving