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3volver@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Uber effectively weaseled their way into the taxi industry by somehow enticing drivers to work for them while also assuming all of the liabilities. Truly, capitalism at its finest.
Cort@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m kinda surprised that insurance companies haven’t offered to buy driver information from these types of companies so they can raise rates
drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Oh they most definitely do. I briefly worked at a company that sold data to car flippers and we for sure knew if any particular car was ever used as a taxi or not. Even if we didn’t buy this data off taxi company directly, we could easily determine it by seeing unusually high mileage between services and checkups. And we definitely know the identity of the driver, so it’s just a matter of putting 2+2 together.