Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc::An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc.

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      1 year ago

      Um, you do realise that the only reason you couldn’t get a normal taxi was because Uber’s business model was to destroy the industry and take over?

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          1 year ago

          Oh boy 😂

          Edit - I should explain

          Uber never rolled out service to the airport because it wasn’t profitable enough, that would be the only reason

          The few remaining taxi drivers still in work after Uber destroyed their industry won’t go to the airport, for the same reason Uber didn’t. But now the taxi drivers are even less likely to go there as they’re forced to go where the money is, wherever that may be

          Let’s face it, if you ever used Uber to save yourself a few dollars, it was at Uber’s expense; they made a loss on it

          Now the taxi drivers have gone, they have a monopoly and have quadrupled their prices

          As they say, there’s never one flake of snow that thinks it was responsible for an avalanche