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not to mention that the service he offers was falsely marketed by both uber AND Lyft as the "best" and "industry leading" which is demonstrably false and was litigated in two lawsuits
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) August 23, 2019
what a crock
here is an adapted excerpt from my forthcoming book on uber, to be in this Sunday’s @nytimes
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) August 23, 2019
i hope you like ithttps://t.co/5KSaiaUpOt
This is so disingenuous from the NY times. Margins pays for safety features (team, background checks, etc...) among other things. It’s not like Uber had a special dividends for shareholder or something. https://t.co/xxZ59R5idt
— Pascal Levy Garboua (@2pasc) August 23, 2019
Uber’s “safe rides fee” was 100 percent bullshit from the start. There is no bottom with this company https://t.co/92dDwMuSTu pic.twitter.com/8UaZYlnMBJ
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) August 23, 2019
@TechmemeChatter the guy slagging me in this tweet you posted on @Techmeme works for one of the background check companies that this fee benefitted
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) August 23, 2019
he might have a conflicted view! https://t.co/OTRqFEhtgi
Apology from @dkhos coming any minute -- we are different now. https://t.co/CXKfgCPecn
— OM (@om) August 23, 2019
16 Uber drivers had to die in Brazil before the company, fixated on growth, eventually came to realize that a(n easily faked) mail address is not enough proof of identity to hail a ride https://t.co/nntLUwntd9 pic.twitter.com/56OOnQlpWH
— hͭaͣᶰkͬaͥnͮᵉʳᵈᶤ (@hatr) August 23, 2019
Uber’s “safe rides fee” was 100 percent bullshit from the start. There is no bottom with this company https://t.co/92dDwMuSTu pic.twitter.com/8UaZYlnMBJ
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) August 23, 2019
here is an adapted excerpt from my forthcoming book on uber, to be in this Sunday’s @nytimes
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) August 23, 2019
i hope you like ithttps://t.co/5KSaiaUpOt
? A timely read in Dallas. Uber may be opening a major hub here, but it's got baggage. https://t.co/iKEOHyR8mR https://t.co/y0WJ2B6ulc
— Melissa Repko (@melissa_repko) August 23, 2019
Terrific excerpt from @MikeIsaac’s SUPER PUMPED. Fantastic narrative of the rise and fall of Uber that embodies the story of Silicon Valley of the last wild decade. Officially pubs sept 3. https://t.co/tnxjk2LqIv via @nytimes @wwnorton
— Tom Mayer (@tomstonemayer) August 23, 2019
How Uber Got Lost - The New York Times https://t.co/HXeD2iA03o
— LCDC (@The_LCDC) August 23, 2019
Uber’s $1-per-ride "safe rides fee" had nothing to do with safety https://t.co/H0dHKfMqVz pic.twitter.com/d11gHFUjT7
— The Verge (@verge) August 23, 2019
“(Uber’s) product team eventually improved identity verification and security in the app for Brazilian customers, after intense pressure from product and marketing leaders. But not before at least 16 drivers in Brazil were murdered.” https://t.co/9vKPujp68e
— Mark Di Stefano ?? (@MarkDiStef) August 24, 2019
the safe rides fee thing was messed up particularly because Lyft AND uber adopted it
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) August 23, 2019
both were eventually sued and forced to change them, particularly because the fee was not specifically earmarked for safety internally
And the marketing “safest rides on the road” was bogus https://t.co/BtKVr0TM4R
This is fraud. Think of things like this—+ the massive affronts to rider and driver safety Travis Kalanick + Uber inflicted on the world—as chronicled in @MikeIsaac’s excellent book—next time someone goes on about how evil Theranos was. Uber is unfazed + Kalanick still a bro hero https://t.co/7NuRmAttXz
— Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) August 23, 2019
This reminds me of asking an exec once how telcos would deal with the fact messaging apps would eliminate revenue from SMS. His response, "Carriers will just find a way to add $5 in fees to your bill" which is basically what happened.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) August 24, 2019
Sounds like Uber learned the same lesson. https://t.co/aNxBg5TzRV
Uber’s $1-per-ride ‘safe rides fee’ had nothing to do with safety - The Verge https://t.co/8Rx34zXaDi
— YCMIU (@YcmiYcmiu) August 24, 2019
The company raked in an estimated $500 million from the bogus surcharge https://t.co/LkDTHZCsui
— The Rideshare Dude (@1RideshareDude) August 24, 2019
"The company raked in an estimated $500 million from the bogus surcharge"
— JPSoxFan (@jp_sox) August 23, 2019
Uber’s $1-per-ride “safe rides fee” had nothing to do with safety https://t.co/K4brVS8GEq via @Verge
Uber’s $1-per-ride “safe rides fee” had nothing to do with safety - https://t.co/F3BYjFIuhp
— Wayne Slavin (@wayneslavin) August 23, 2019
Uber has been a disaster since the beginning: “[it] thrived on venture investment, blitzkrieg expansion tactics & an ethically questionable aggressive streak, but..playbook made little sense for a publicly traded entity.”https://t.co/vVUjTyyKpJ
— Veena Dubal (@veenadubal) August 24, 2019
Given that Uber is basically an app, I don’t understand how it loses so much money. The drivers supply the cars and Google maps does the navigation (invariably sending you the wrong way in some parts of the world). https://t.co/GTp0Y6Ps0V
— Patrick French (@PatrickFrench) August 24, 2019
‘He needed workers who were more than employees — he needed true believers.’ https://t.co/tqqC9bDtA7
— Dennis Romero (@dennisjromero) August 24, 2019
How Uber Got Lost
— London Traffic Watch (@LondonTrafficW1) August 24, 2019
The once-swaggering company is losing more money and growing more slowly than ever. What happened?
https://t.co/xW0Xctgg3B
April 2014, Uber announciled a new $1 charge on fares called the Safe Rides Fee. it brought in half a billion dollars for the company, the money was never used specifically for improving safety. https://t.co/wYfz4Ybiso
— gigeconomycritic (@GigEcoCritic) August 24, 2019
I knew Uber was bad, but admit I didn’t know it was “facilitate murder in order to eliminate ‘friction’” bad. https://t.co/G8syrTidNQ pic.twitter.com/C69ZcYJLpq
— One Ring (doorbell) to surveil them all... (@hypervisible) August 24, 2019
Startups should now view Uber as a cautionary tale: this is what you don’t want to be https://t.co/fFJKgZE2PB
— Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) August 24, 2019
A cash-burning enterprise with which investors are losing patience. Stabs at new lines of business, like e-bikes & freight,with far-off promises that they will turn the company into a profitable “transportation platform.” https://t.co/9lgOk0POOZ
— Rishad Tobaccowala (@rishad) August 24, 2019
How Uber Got Lost - The New York Times https://t.co/6He01IwZpf
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) August 24, 2019
Cabbies in 2014: Uber's safe ride fee is bullshit.
— Soul Cab ?? (@TheSoulCab) August 24, 2019
People: You're just bitter you dinosaurs.
Media in 2019: Uber's safe ride was a scam.
People: OH MY GOD! I can't believe this! How come no one told us?https://t.co/hjEazHXvVh
“Uber’s background check procedures and safety measures are woefully inadequate and fall well short of what is required for other commercial providers of transportation.” https://t.co/C8gXm0zOv9
— YCMIU (@YcmiYcmiu) August 24, 2019
Former Uber Employee Says 'Safe Rides Fee' Was the Rip-Off You Always Suspected
— Mark White (@TootlestheTaxi) August 24, 2019
The lie that the dummies at @TfLTPH swallowed! https://t.co/3m5Rm9lcNr
‘This fiasco is just a drop in a very large bucket chock-full of Uber controversies, and a salient reminder that Uber was—and arguably continues to be—exactly as bad as you suspected’ @Councillorsuzie https://t.co/C8gXm0zOv9
— YCMIU (@YcmiYcmiu) August 24, 2019