Tim Cook Threatened to Remove Uber From the App Store Over iPhone Tagging Tactics

[zzLZHzz]

Of that I have no doubt. I have seen how crazy surge pricing can get at times. Uber needs competition to keep it honest, but in the end, ride-sharing is a winner-takes-all scenario where there can be only one.

But knowing Singapore's government, they will definitively step in to prevent such a scenario, especially when Temasek owns SMRT. PAP will never allow a foreign company like Uber to control such a critical aspect of Singapore's transport infrastructure.

If I am not wrong, Temasek invested in Grab during their early days. Not sure if they withdraw already or not.

I do agree with you that they will not let a foreign company take control of the transport infrastructure. but some of the bus package are operated by foreign companies.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Of that I have no doubt. I have seen how crazy surge pricing can get at times. Uber needs competition to keep it honest, but in the end, ride-sharing is a winner-takes-all scenario where there can be only one.

But knowing Singapore's government, they will definitively step in to prevent such a scenario, especially when Temasek owns SMRT. PAP will never allow a foreign company like Uber to control such a critical aspect of Singapore's transport infrastructure.

No nation in their right mind would let outsiders control their infrastructure, but the U.S. does.

 

[mabhatter]

You know, hundreds of responses later, no one has stopped to asked the obvious question - so what exactly is Uber getting away with on Android?

This behavior is normal in Android world.. you have to buy apps to monitor your phone for spyware and such. Rogue apps leave your toilet seat up, kick your dog, and knock up your daughters too.

 

[Musocat]

Fortunatuly, there is Lyft where I live. I never had to delete stupid Uber from my phone; I never installed that piece of ****.

 

[IG88]

Let's see...

Try standing by the roadside with your mom in a wheelchair and see taxi after taxi whiz past you because no driver wants to get down to help. (Not me but my friend).

Try waiting at a taxi stand behind more than 30 people past midnight with no taxi in sight.

See empty taxis waiting at a stand with the "busy" signal on because they want you to call and book them.

Try arguing with taxi drivers on which route to take because they want to take the longer route in order to earn more. Or putting up with stuck up drivers who think I owe them a living, or have no idea how to travel to my destination but don't seem willing to use the maps app on their smartphone, leaving me to have to guide them there.

Conversely with Uber,

With maps and pre-determined fairs, that solves some of my biggest bugbears. The GPS tells the driver where to go. Because the fare is decided upfront, there is no incentive to take a longer route. In fact, it is to the driver's benefit to get me to my destination ASAP. It's a win win scenario for both of us.

The use of an app to hail a ride has all but removed any uncertainty from the equation. I can call an Uber from home, then slowly walk down just as my ride arrives. Waiting by the roadside and praying that a taxi comes your way now seems so barbaric by comparison.

Uber is far from perfect, but the taxi companies are no angels themselves.

I had mostly bad experiences in Orlando with taxis when I was in the military. I’ll spare the details but there were many many many corrupt piece of **** drivers that preyed on military because they knew you’d been ordered that you had to pay them whatever they demanded, then dispute it later with the cab company. It got bad enough that my parents bought me a vehicle that I paid them back for.

Having something like Uber would have avoided that bs.