I mean technically...

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 09/11/2019 at 17:39 • Filed to: None

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...but only  because Uber is ultimately just an unprofitable venture capitalist Ponzi scheme, because it’s 2019 and we’re okay with that for some reason.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 17:48

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Eh, if the POTUS can order his lackeys to ignore the courts and the House, why can’t Uber ignore CA? 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 17:49

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drivers are not core to its business?

banking hard on autonomous cars are we?

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/11/2019 at 17:51

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Apparently y ou’re just paying to sit in a car. If it moves or goes somewhere that’s just a bonus.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 17:53

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can we burn Uber to the ground yet?

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 09/11/2019 at 17:53

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I hope CA bans them altogether and causes a massive outrage.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 09/11/2019 at 17:55

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Ironically, if we used all the money people pay for Uber rides we could probably have fully functional public transit in most bigger cities.

facw > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 17:56

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Their claim is that they are just a tech company providing a platform to match riders with drivers, but actually people is on their contractors. Which is of course pretty much nonsense.

benjrblant > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 17:59

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i thought their business model was to talk investors into giving them cash?

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > benjrblant 09/11/2019 at 18:01

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Yep, but their veneer of providing a service kinda falls apart without drivers.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 18:01

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Uber is a broker. Nothing more. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 18:03

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Uber certainly has made getting a lyft a lot easier, but if we were paying the real cost of this transportation I think not so many would be willing to use it. 

benjrblant > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 18:05

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Maybe they’ll move onto fried chicken, or laundry, or carwashes.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 09/11/2019 at 18:05

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Sure sounds like a lot like the same logic used by those sovereign citizen yahoos right before the police break their window and taze them.

“Am I being detained?!?!” Lol

Maxima Speed > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 18:08

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Hers an idea. How about we let employees and employers actually make the decisions for themselves about what jobs they will take and whether they are contract employee’s or not. This kind of nanny state nonsense is STUPID and I’m glad Uber is sticking to their guns on this one. Ohio for instance is an at will state. I decide to voluntarily work for a company, my employer voluntarily agrees to hire me. Either one of us can end the employment for any or no reason at all. Why is this important? Because it empowers employees and employers alike to make their own decisions. Don’t like not being classified as an employee? Get another job. What better pay? Ask for a pay raise or get another job. This also means that employees now have to COMPETE for employees. This means they have to pay a wage someone would actually want, provide benefits that an employee would demand. This idea that the government has to think for everyone in every aspect of their lives is absurd.

fintail > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 18:15

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I’m not driving, I’m traveling!

For Sweden > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 09/11/2019 at 18:34

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That has worked for eBay so far

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 20:29

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I thought the drivers were only a phase 1 in a plan to eventually become a massive fleet of autopilot taxi cars 

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/11/2019 at 20:51

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Tech companies have been playing this game for decades. There have been a lot of other major lawsuits on this front over the years.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Maxima Speed 09/11/2019 at 21:52

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Nah, that allows corporations to take advantage of people without means to defend themselves. “Just quit and work somewhere else” is a social fallacy that’s been disproven many times. That reasoning  only works if you have a robust social safety net, and we don’t.

His Stigness > Maxima Speed 09/12/2019 at 00:08

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I really do miss that child slavery thing too.