| > What choice did Uber remove from the market when they started? > What choice has Uber removed from the market so far? > What choice do you expect Uber to remove from the market even if they are maximally successful in their overall plan? I'm thinking of Meditations on Moloch from SSC (0). What Uber removed was 2 fold. First, was that a gig worker could no longer be legal or not culpable (civil) regarding driving without appropriate licensure or insurance. The rates paid do not allow for the costs of a chauffers license, nor do they cover commercial insurance rates. Secondly, Uber removed protections on riders with the first point, and by using the carrot of "we're cheaper than taxis". We saw this play out before, when there were no licenses for taxis. A whole lot of bad things happened, and the public demanded the licenses and checks to be instituted. Some places went way overboard ($1m medallions in NYC). Uber and others are all the same - they wish to remove the checks and balances, cut a meager amount off the bill to customers, and extract money by running around the law until they can either change it or get shut down. (0) https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ |