(01-21-2015, 08:23 PM)Drake Wrote: Uber is a scam and the drivers and passengers are the ones being scammed into thinking that the big bad government is the enemy.
Scam? Give me a break. Sure, Uber is a company with questionable corporate ethics, and there are problems with a contract worker model. But the actual passenger experience is worlds apart from the typical taxi experience.
You order a car from your smartphone, and can see where it is as it's getting to you. When you get in, the driver already knows where to take you since you've put your destination in while you were waiting, and they don't need to enter anything themselves while driving. Odds are, they drive without scaring you. You get where you're going, and don't need to worry about cards and cash. Then you rate the driver and the app automatically charges you.
When it's busy, services like Uber charge more. Versus taxis, which will just be a lot harder to get.
Oh, and: taxis are "big bad government" in the same way that the Beer Store is "big bad government".