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'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours
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this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2023
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...which everybody with half a brain knew already over a decade ago when that stuff started.
I do understand that you guys have shittier taxi service over there than we generally do have in Europe, and it was tempting to go for something new - but there's a service like this has fixed costs, including car maintenance, and giving a higher cut to the app company than you was doing during taxi times where you was hardly getting by doesn't really work, once the venture capital dries up, and they try to make a profit.
Since everybody was running after uber like sheep you my end up with the actually sustainable transport destroyed - fortunately regulation saved us from the worst over here, though uber did have some negative impact.
On the positive side Uber finally got some digitalization into the process here in Europe (what also helps preventing being screwed over by the driver). But yeah, screwing over the drivers is bad.