Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down temporarily in California

[politics_king]

This is the right move. If a city/state wants to make it impossible for a business to operate, the business should let the people there see what life is like without it.

Uber exploits people desperate for money.

[politics_king]

Uber was never intended to be a full time job or even a part time one, it was an opportunity for people to supplement their income or earn some extra money.

Except for all the taxicab drivers who Uber put out of business and had to start driving for them.

Ok? Those people still can have a job doing the exact same thing. Do you seriously think that methods of distribution shouldn't change due to technological advancements?

I mean, if the argument is that working class people who drive for a living should be shoved out of their livelihoods so some privileged people who "just want some extra cash now and then" and have a new side gig, I don't think that's either humane and just, or accurate as to what actually happened in the market.

Lol, you can't be serious. Yeah, shouldn't pay the neighborhood kid to mow your lawn because you're putting the poor gardener out of business. Give me a break.

Uh yeah, pretty much. The "neighborhood kid" can always find some other way to get his allowance. The gardner needs a way to send his kids to college. I'll side with the latter every time.

The Uber mythology was always a collusion between the middle class "neighorhood kid" and millionaire/billionaire tech bros. F&#@ Uber.

Your ability to constantly generate the most awful takes is awe inspiring, to say the least. If you're job is so low in skill requirements that nearly anyone can do it, maybe it's time to find a new one. Uber driving is basically a paper route for adults. It requires nearly no skill and has few barriers to entry. You're basically competing with 200+ million people. Pretending that anything that universal can guarantee a lifestyle is a ridiculous notion.

Well I guess that settles it then. The tens of millions of people working unskilled retail and service whose jobs could be done by millions of other people with a little training should all just get new jobs and there's nothing bad about kicking them all out of work en masse if some tech billionaires can glorify themselves and some people who don't really need the money can get an extra side gig.

That's not going to cause any suffering. After all, it's the rule of the capitalist economy. The decimation of mill towns in the Midwest didn't have any negative effects either... oh wait.

Yeah, I too spend a lot of time lamenting the fact that I can't put my kids through college by delivering milk door to door.

And you're the one who accusing people of bad takes. You ever look in the mirror?

[politics_king]

Uber exploits workers.