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California passes Proposition 22, backed by Uber and Lyft

by jlahijani on 11/4/20, 6:19 AM with 14 comments

• by LatteLazy on 11/4/20, 8:53 AM

  Maybe people just like Uber etc...

• by olliej on 11/4/20, 11:42 AM

  Cool, and reverting it requires an 8/9 majority. Because that's a thing that a proposition can do.

• by paulmendoza on 11/4/20, 3:28 PM

  Tesla basically has level 5 autonomy or looks to be super close with the beta they are running. Go watch the YouTube videos. In three to six months it will probably be good enough for robo taxis.

  So in a year or two Tesla will destroy Uber and Lyft with far lower prices.

• by bergstromm466 on 11/4/20, 9:13 AM

  This will just cause a deepening of the Digital and Information Feudalism that is already going on. It will result in a violent revolution by the working classes, to throw off these chains, and to democratize the use and application of the underlying technologies used by Uber et al. I am sad that American citizens are subjected to these experiments by American billionaires. They are systemically dehumanized, exploited and pushed to their limits. [1]

  Why do people still stand behind copyrights and patents, in this age of zero-marginal cost reproduction and transmission of information? [2]

  [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9abrZwnPThE

  [2] https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamj...

• by rutledge87 on 11/4/20, 8:43 AM

  If regulatory capture weren't a big enough issue, how about some nice, manufactured astroturfing and mental gymnastic rationalizations to cheat employees? Hurray for "disruptive" startups that can buy laws with saturating media with half-truths. Let's not forget Lyft and Uber's business model is to socialize the costs of a taxi business, including vehicle acquisition, maintenance, and deprecation onto the drivers. How is that anything other than stealing from what would otherwise be taxi drivers with economic slavery volunteerism?

  PS: Hello from Colorado so far. Bye CA, thanks for all of the earthquakes, fires, and power outages.