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Uber says drivers not core to its businesses to combat CA law
- Thread starter Socivol
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People keep talking about this like it's around the corner- That isn't the case.
There is no way Uber survives until that point.
Even if the AI magic sauce is ready in 3-5 years, the amount of regulative hullaballoo it would take to get them on to the roads of places like LA, SF and NYC would take 10+ years. One fatality is all that needs to happen for every customer to immediately turn on Uber and tell them to bring back their "non-core" human drivers.
cities should have taken the many many many complaints of discrimination from cab riders more seriously.
A core element is one that when removed the business either fails or can no longer function as they previously did. Remove the drivers, and Uber no longer functions at all.
It does, and yet, they have been doing it incessantly since their inception. Time will tell who that's invested into the self driving future will actually make it.
Generally speaking most food delivery companies have invested heavily into the paradigm that you're supposed to meet them outside/downstairs, although I think Uber Eats generally is one of the ones that doesn't. I don't actually use any of Uber's services. With Postmates, at least, they pretty heavily suggest meeting the driver outside.
I think you'll be surprised then. 30-50 years is off by an order of magnitude.
Where do you live? In NYC it really seems like the expectation is for them to come to the door / go upstairs with exception for more secure office locations.
Not saying it's how it should be, but an automated system seems like it'd require you to go outside and meet the robot at the curb and that's a huge shift in service.
It's here to stay because a company is losing billions of dollars a quarter by offering rides at a huge loss. They have the scum of the taxi business with extra exploitation of workers.
Taxis suck too, but competing against a company that offers a service for less than the service costs is.. difficult
Yes, I mean people want the convenience of the app and the drivers appreciate the gig even if the gig economy can go die in a fire. Convert the taxi industry into a municipal ridesharing industry and turn the drivers into de-facto federal workers, imo.
