[kelnos]

I get why we look on Uber with disdain today. They're the big rich behemoths who treat drivers poorly, previously had a CEO who was a raging asshole, and have now raised their prices (gasp!) to a level that they need to be for a sustainable business.

But I remember when I started using Uber back in 2012. It was amazing compared to every single other option out there. Yes, they entered the market in questionably-legal or often probably outright illegal ways. But illegal is not the same thing as immoral. And I don't think it's unethical to force out competition when that competition is a lazy, shitty, legally-enforced monopoly that treats its customers poorly.

[spwa4]

Yes ... THAT was when governments should have stepped in and prevented uber from undercutting taxi drivers with investor money.

As pointed out here, many governments have laws stating that they will step in ... and they didn't.

[storf45]

Do you feel like the taxi medallion system was a better regulatory mechanism than what is currently in place?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_medallion

[yencabulator]

> But illegal is not the same thing as immoral.

Creating the gig economy doesn't get any moral points from me.