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[deleted] t1_ishogxw wrote

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the_lamou t1_isibcpd wrote

Who would act occupied any time he saw a black person looking for a ride?

And made sure he took a couple of extra turns when he got tourists?

And would "accidentally" turn the meter on during a flat fare ride?

And cleaned his car once a month if that?

And would refuse to take people to three outer boroughs?

Now, maybe your uncle was the one decent cabbie in the city. Maybe he really was an honest, great dude. But that doesn't change the fact that before Uber, taking a cab fucking sucked, because the entire industry was a racket with zero accountability and no fucks to give.

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BiblioPhil t1_isjeoit wrote

The problem is that Uber replaced all these problems with their own equally racist drivers, exploitative pricing and Wal-Mart-but-not profitable business model

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Heythatsmybikeeeee t1_isig1h6 wrote

And credit cards! Amazingly every medallion cab in nyc seems to have a dysfunctional credit card machine when you get to your destination

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Zlec3 t1_isi0dus wrote

Uber ain’t much cheaper nowadays

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[deleted] t1_isia583 wrote

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66Hanuman99 t1_isibn3s wrote

every industry is corrupt. even religion is corrupt. Society makes that possible when people (like you) fail to see the point. That point being that the city allowed itself to betray a contract with the drivers who it had sold it's medallions to by failing to properly regulate them to their benefit and finally allow idiot tech bro's lobby them to look the other way while they turned their backs completely on them. this isn't case, it merely serves as an example of a systemic problem of elected politicians not standing up for the people's interests they are supposed to represent.

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saltyguy512 t1_isis2zg wrote

“Even religion is corrupt.” Really going out on a limb there…..

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pejeol t1_isj5br0 wrote

Probably still wouldn’t drive to the Bronx.

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