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Over the weekend, a friend told me he was in my old line of work now—he's been moonlighting as an Uber driver. When I asked him if he was concerned about the wear on his vehicle, he told me he was renting one from Uber at a rate of around $250 a weekend. How is this not just a cab company?!?
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$250 a weekend seems really steep. You can buy a brand new car and have a monthly payment around there. Or lower.
If you lease a car it would be even lower but I assume most lease agreements would prohibit rideshare driving. Even if they didn't you'd blow through the mileage limit super quick.
It's a racket in which the driver loses any way you slice it.
Wait, I think I am missing the reference. Is it quacking like a taxi company or a quacking like a rental car company?
Or is it quacking like an evil company that rips off innocent people?
Quacking is like a tech bro company pretending it's anything different than the same old shit.
All in midst of admitting they'd rather have robots driving the cars than real people. Anyone who signs up is looking at a bare minimum pay by default.
Right? They are slowing drifting towards being an unlicensed taxi service. The only difference being they can't pick up street hails.