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Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc (www.cityam.com)
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Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc::An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels' proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc.

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[–] jantin@lemmy.world 114 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The hubris of thinking that a random driver-exploiting app is some kind of godsend utility and we'll be scared of losing it.

At this point the old school taxi companies have their apps too, you're not the cool kid anymore, uber

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

All anyone ever wanted was an app. Uber stopped being cheapna decade ago. It's not competitive so let it die.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Around here any taxi driver can have their rating on the online app reset to 5 stars for $50 whenever their want.

[–] zoe@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Travis Kalanick would refer to himself as an 'entrepreneur'

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

As much as people hate WalMart, the folks in the south side of Chicago seem pretty unhappy they lost it.