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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 (www.cityam.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your point was obvious. It's still awful and makes bad assumptions on taxi availability and demand in an a rural area. Your entire argument seems to be based on city economics of supply and demand at scale.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

No worries, keep using Uber and Airbnb