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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)
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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (6 children)

An optional "profession" that steals money from qualified taxis and is also super abusive towards its employees. That's not an excuse, that's an explanation an kinda of a bad one at that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    An optional "profession" that steals money from qualified taxis

    It's not stealing if it doesn't take it out of their wallet. Maybe the issue is instead the expensive restrictions on becoming a taxi driver? Or the virtual monopoly many taxi companies have. Or just that almost always a taxi is a worse experience.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That's literally what it does. Taxis didn't have monopoly, they have a licensed job specifically because unlicensed taxis were dangerous and people at the time were getting shanghaied.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Did Spotify steal from radio?

    they have a licensed job specifically because unlicensed taxis were dangerous and people at the time were getting shanghaied.

    Do you have any source for that happening significantly more frequently with Ubers?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Radio is licensed to transmit at certain levels on certain frequencies, Spotify does not transmit in open air.

    Point to where I said it was happening. I said taxis were licensed because of crazy shit like rapists driving people to word places and having at. You don't get that with Uber.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You suggested it as if from my interpretation it was a problem with Uber. If not, what is? And again, how's it any more theft than CDs stealing from record manufacturers

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    It is, no one checks to see if your driver is a multiple murderer, serial rapist and yes for reference incidents of rape from unlicensed taxis such as Uber and Lyft and much much higher than with medallioned taxis.

    https://mckaylawtx.com/exploring-the-alarming-statistics-on-sexual-assault-in-uber-passengers/

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/21/tech/lyft-safety-transparency-report-sexual-assault

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