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lordnikon@lemmy.world 4 months agothe other issue that Uber helped with in the beginning was mess with Mob controlled taxi cartels that used regulation as a shield that’s why service was so poor. By skating those laws it put some market presure to improve slightly. but now that they got so big it’s back to being cappy again and the mob has moved into that market as well now.
Jarix@lemmy.world 4 months ago
jaybone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You mean the mob has moved into the Uber market?
lordnikon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
yeah as in the same taxi companies and their drivers use the app as drivers on top of taxi rides.
jaybone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So if you order an Uber they might show up in a taxi?
lordnikon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
yeah or black towncar not all taxi companies are yellow with checkered stripes. they will have all the logos on the outside or in the window. Uber, Lift they run them all. They run fleets with exploited immigrants and take their cut just like the mob is known to do.
ripcord@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Do you have a source for that?
Is it some niche thing or widespread?
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
where do you think the drivers who don’t even speak the language and are not really similar to the face on the licence are getting the cars?
it is just that instead of exploiting them working in construction industry, they now exploit them behind the wheel.
ripcord@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s not a source.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Go to uber recruitment center, tell them you don’t have a car or bussines licence and ask if they can do something for you. See what happens.
lordnikon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
maybe a niche thing to New York and is completely anecdotal from people i know but it’s more those same cab companies moving into the ride share market.