On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:04:55 -0700 Rayzer <Rayzer@riseup.net> wrote:
juan wrote:
so I took a look at 'uber argentina' - as usual the amount of self parody is almost unreal...
1) nsa-uber steals 25% of the driver's earnings.
2) They have all sorts of draconian requirements, including new cars, age requirements, and all kinds of ID shit from the government nazis. Razer would love it.
Why do you say that?
Because I think the so-called 'sharing economy' is a feudal fascist economy?
No, I was only referring to the fact that you are not completely hostile to IDs, even gov't issued IDs. I do agree that uber is a scam. I would describe it as the next step in the development of 'western' corporate cancer. I don't know why the masters of marketig would call something like uber 'sharing economy'. But then again by definition it's just meaningless marketing jargon.
That make me a Nazi?
Because Uber's financial backers include scum like Goldman Sachs who I wouldn't care to enrich?
That makes me a Nazi?
the 'nazi' adjective was attached to ID requirements from uber, which rely on the ID systems of different police states across the world. (and I was commenting about the 'local'(to me) case)
Because they spy on you, the consumer of their services, and don't seem to do as well 'spying' on their contractors about thinks like carrying guns, criminal records,
Well, as a matter of fact, one of the requirements for drivers is to present their STATE ISSUED 'criminal record'...
and so much more that someone getting in a car with a complete stranger might want to know?
A formal complaint has been filed against Uber, the car ride company, by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a non-profit advocacy group. The NGO says Uber plans to use their smart phone app to access user’s locations at all times, and to send advertisements to user’s contact lists.
Uber, a San Francisco-based company, has become worth over $40 billion in the five years since it launched its app that allows anyone to pay for rides from nearby drivers in 300 cities in 57 countries. Along the way, it has also gained a bad reputation for exploiting its employees and even some customers.
Last September, users were horrified to discover that Uber was not only tracking them but boasting about this ability at private parties. The tracking system that the company used to follow the physical location of individuals was dubbed the “God View” by executives…
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=16035 https://epic.org/privacy/internet/ftc/uber/Complaint.pdf
That's it! I must be a Nazi because I don't like companies that spy on people full-time for profit.
To clarify again : the part about uber I was teasing you with was their ID requirements...They obviously require a government issued driver's license...