LOL fuck Uber and all its hangers-on

Not the drivers of Uber or Lyft - they’re out here just trying to make some money and I’m not going to front or criticize that. I’ve used Uber! It’s been great for rides to the airport. I remember thanking our Uber driver profusely in Ocean City, MD after a wild night of drankin’ for merely existing so our drunk butts could get home (well, to our motel, The Beach Bum Inn). This was after I yelled at my spouse to hurry up in the bathroom and “not mess with my Uber rating!!!” 🤣

So, to see how the Ubers and Lyfts of the world now have to reckon with ye’ old “free market” these same douchelords praise and espouse as they “disrupted the market” is *chef’s kiss* (Is it cool to say that still? I mean I’m NOT cool, but just wondering.

Why Your Uber Ride Is Suddenly Costing a Fortune, by Alissa Walker via CURBED

And when it comes to getting around not just New York City but any city, Uber’s business model is, frankly, never going to be sustainable from a financial, environmental, or spatial perspective. “Uber has been losing billions of dollars for years and years,” says Robin Chase, founder of the New Urban Mobility Alliance. “Raising their prices is the only way they’ll ever break even or become profitable.” She hopes that revealing the true cost of hiring and retaining drivers will force a reckoning that will make other ways of moving around New York more attractive (much in the same way congestion pricing will prod drivers to consider alternatives). “People flocked to Uber because they were so favorably priced,” she says. “People had a suite of choices before Uber, and these choices still exist.”

I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING!!!!