Uber is still objectively better than cabs. You agree on the price before hand. With cabs sometimes there’s no meter, and even when there is one, good luck knowing if you’re being ripped off when you don’t know the streets.
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Same. I try to do my best with the time given to me, but there’s only so much you can do when deadlines are constantly being pushed on you. And when you’re done you just get moved to another project. Fast forward some months, they need changes done to the previous project and it takes longer than it should because there was no time to make it right.
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with either Uber or Netflix. They are, in theory, good services that people find useful. Greed and capitalism are what ruin it.
I’d much rather be able to request a driver through an app with a pre arranged price, than call for a cab which uses an an easily exploitable system that is often use to rip off people (especially people from outside the area). The only problem is that the driver’s get paid like crap.
And streaming is obviously superior to TV
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Ancient Athens is often considered the birthplace of democracy, and it’s where we get the word from in English. In Ancient Athens, and if my memory serves correct, only those who owned land were allowed to vote, and only male citizens were allowed to own land. The definition of “democracy” is quite more elastic than people tend to think.
Don’t really know where I’m going with this, I think I’m just being a pedant.
?? What do you mean how is it better to agree to the price before hand? That cannot be a serious question. If it’s too expensive at least you know ahead of time and can just not accept. You cannot be scammed by a driver going around in circles and increasing the price when you’ve already paid. In a taxi, you can. Uber/Bolt are objectively better in this regard, there is no point denying it and expecting to be taken seriously. Even my old parents who can barely use tech prefer to use Uber for that reason.
It’s an outdated system and one of the two main reason they are dying in so many places. The other is service quality - never heard of a cab you can call with an app where it shows you how far it is and how long you have. At least where I live, you have to call for one and just hope they show up.