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Uber's new shuttle service sounds a lot like a bus route (qz.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Those Silicon Valley geniuses have done it again!

Next week- "it's like the subway, but with AI!"

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Until the city decides to get rid of the subsidized bus system because "Uber is a better service and covers the routes anyway" and then they jack the price sky-high.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Exactly. How people haven’t realized this yet is fuckin inconceivable. Trusting a for-profit company—with a history of the exact problematic behavior we’re worried about—is beyond stupid. They can operate at a loss for a long time. Just to fuck other businesses out of the market so they can charge as much as they want. It’s literally their business model.