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Markoff

2,756karma·3,266submissions·December 31, 2016
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I'm not Russian, don't even speak Russian, just liked John Markoff in 90s.
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because it follows law? if you don't like the law then express yourself in elections
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if you don't like the law then vote for someone who will change it, not just break it
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McDonald's does business in accordance with local laws,i have no problem with any foreign corporation which follow local laws same as their competitors you don't have in Italy taxi apps with…
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apparently you never heard of taxi apps which provide pretty much same experience as Uber while working with licensed taxi drivers BTW not sure why should taxi driver in Spain speak English
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yeah, because US is so superior students have to pay student loans for years and people must have funding campaigns to have enough money for simple medical procedures covered by healthcare in Europe h…
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solution
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...easily see... ...taxi apps...
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so if someone is stealing you can too? let's get rid of police, courts and live in anarchy! what are you, 15?
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how is Uber more convenient than any other taxi app? oh yeah, showing lower misleading price for ride than real (got fine for that in my country already) and peak hour nonsense is very convenient for …
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your comment is too rational and not in favor of American corporation but law abiding businesses, so I don't think it will be very popular with Americans here which are defending American corpora…
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as far as i am aware nobody voted for Uber in last elections in Italy to be the one changing the laws if you wanna do business you must follow to law, if you don't like it then either change law …
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so Uber should be allow to break the laws to offer lower prices (which is not even true in rush hour), is this what you propose? why not open restaurant chain recycling leftovers from other customers,…
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no, that means that taxi companies must pay plenty of fees to meet law requirements which in the end affect price for customer Uber is ignoring laws and don't pay these fees and taxes and SOMETIM…
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i guess you must have taxi license to transport people in car, in my country taxi cars must have also Surfside insurance, Uber cars have none of these so they have unfair advantage which is funny cons…
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i am in same position my fellow European it's funny how are Americans here defending Uber breaking laws in Europe, where most people agree with regulating it so they won't break laws and hav…
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and what exactly is Uber bringing to table except breaking the laws? there are taxi aggregator apps where you can order really from your phone one of dozen LEGAL taxi services in your city without rus…
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variety of software on fdroid is very small, fdroid is ok for few apps but anyway very soon you will find out you need either yalp store or other apk downloader
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not sure if they download directly or could act as proxy for you if you are in China coolapk.com should be pretty safe and they have English UI app or you can just use some apk downloader as apkpure i…
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Yalp store
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not sure how is Uber easier than any other taxi app, they are all pretty generic/same. agreed with rest of the comment
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no, he said it can accommodate 4 people making it 85 per person, he earned 340
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ah yeah, couldn't edit and didn't noticed it first time, so it's even smaller pocket money
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myspace was also valued pretty high in past, so was Yahoo i can live without Uber, there are tons of LEGAL alternatives respecting local laws, we don't really need this bully company
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I would say 3 million EUR monthly fee to operate in whole Italy is too low, they should step up their game and make the fine at least 20-50x higher to consider it fine and not fee
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where do you live that taxi companies don't have there yet apps? heck wet have already aggregators so you don't need bunch of apps so what's benefit for user? all i see at Uber is avoid…
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actually in plenty of countries you have taxi aggregator apps
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what third world country needs funding campaigns to get healthcare services?
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if someone is concerned about privacy they sure should not use Opera browser
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doesn't sound very cheap, in my European 40K hometown cheapest flat rate taxi cost 1.3€ without any subsidy, there is no way public transport can compete with them when already two people can rat…
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there will be always inconsiderate people, even if it's only one out of 20 it's more than enough in big open space and you can't really do anything about it, it's just human nature…
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