> It's hard to call out people for being "exploitative assholes" for disrupting the legacy taxi cartels.
It really isn't, if you don't fall for the false dilemma: taxi cartels and Uber both exploit their drivers and passengers in different ways.
> ...the people have spoken loudly and unequivocally in favor of the "exploitative assholes."
Public support is turning against tech slowly, and then rapidly. We will deserve it, going by the comments and attitudes I frequently see on HN. While I'm grateful for the high tech salaries, the prospect of wealth attracted a lot of people whose aims start and end with getting rich by any means, and will ruin it for the rest of us.
It really isn't, if you don't fall for the false dilemma: taxi cartels and Uber both exploit their drivers and passengers in different ways.
> ...the people have spoken loudly and unequivocally in favor of the "exploitative assholes."
Public support is turning against tech slowly, and then rapidly. We will deserve it, going by the comments and attitudes I frequently see on HN. While I'm grateful for the high tech salaries, the prospect of wealth attracted a lot of people whose aims start and end with getting rich by any means, and will ruin it for the rest of us.