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If you ever find yourself in #seattle in need of a ride, put your ride share app away and get a real taxi. It's worth it. Rides can be almost half the price in a taxi. That, and you don't pay #uber and #lyft to gut our local economy.
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Lest you think ride share discrimination is limited to those with service dogs, an #Uber driver told me she wouldn't transport me from a hotel to the Las Vegas airport because I am a blind person without sighted assistance. She tried to get a hotel employee to accompany me. I use a white cane. This stuff is real even as we conclude the first quarter of the 21st century. #accessibility #ableism #blind #discrimination #RightToRide


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ID Verification Service for #TikTok, #Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses

In this case, the ID verification vendor leaked admin credentials and exposed people’s information (sensitive documents and status of verification) for over a year.

All for “age verification” we introduce another EZ mode way for people’s real life identities to be compromised. Companies want you to provide sensitive documents to prove you’re real/your age but can’t be bothered to invest money/time/effort in basic #security to secure what you give them.

#cybersecurity #privacy

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Techbrodudes reinvent something that's been around for ages, only making it worse.

You know, public transit has been around for AGES before you got your grubby little rent-seeking mitts on it and tore it down, you festering horde of goblins!

#Uber #Reinvent #Terrible #TechBroDude


7 years ago, while trying to get approval to operate in cities all over the world, #Uber insisted that it would actually reduce traffic. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber & Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic, & now admit they actually increase congestion.

So much for “making cities better.”

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#Cities #transportation #urbanism #cars #ridehailing #ridesharing #traffic


“‘I’m very proud’ – French president Emmanuel Macron bites back at criticism after ‘Uber files’ revelations”

That’s because you’re a neoliberal cunt of the first degree, Monsieur le Président.

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#macron #uber #neoliberalism #institutionalCorruption #france #siliconValley


Hey, Aral, what’s this “institutional corruption” bullshit you keep harping on about? (Part 2 of 2)

Oh, I don’t know…

“When the company needed data to influence policymakers, according to The Guardian’s report, it also paid academics to publish research that would bolster its misleading economic claims about the company’s business model”

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#SiliconValley #lobbying #revolvingDoors #institutionalCorruption #uber #uberFiles


Hey, Aral, what’s this “institutional corruption” bullshit you keep harping on about? (Part 1 of 2)

Oh, I don’t know…

“Uber tried to recover its image by courting politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron of France. Texts show how Macron went out of his way to bolster Uber’s growth in France and allowed the company to maintain regular communication with his immediate staff.”

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#SiliconValley #lobbying #revolvingDoors #institutionalCorruption #uber #uberFiles