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El Reg reports
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has found a way to out-Uber Uber by launching a taxi-finding app of its own.
[...]Come December, the Authority will also offer a new app called "Taxi-Taxi@SG" that will "show the availability and location of taxis across the island and better match these taxis to commuters."
"Through an integrated platform map, commuters can easily locate the number of available taxis near them and broadcast their positions so taxi drivers can identify the exact locations of potential customers" the Authority says. "Similarly, taxi drivers can make use of this app to cut down the time spent on the roads looking for customers."
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(Score: 3, Informative) by arashi no garou on Monday December 01 2014, @03:27PM
Uber is a rider-hostile, driver-hostile disease that needs to die. Spying on their riders, threatening journalists and their families, lying to their drivers and screwing them out of money...they are far worse than the medallion-based taxi cartels they are disrupting. They're so afraid of honest competition that they tried to sabotage Lyft's operations instead of competing on their merits. They are the best example by far of the douchebag startup, making other legitimate services look bad by association.
(Score: 2) by bucc5062 on Monday December 01 2014, @05:08PM
I thought they called that capitalism
/s
The more things change, the more they look the same
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 01 2014, @08:24PM
Competition is a natural part of a MARKET.
You can have a MARKET without a single Capitalist anywhere.
Anti-competitive behavior (lying, cheating, stealing, vandalism) is simply criminal activity.
A properly operating society punishes that.
-- gewg_
(Score: 2) by bucc5062 on Monday December 01 2014, @08:54PM
somehow you missed my sarcasm tag?
"properly operating society"....haven't seen one of those around here in a long time... way too long time (sigh)
The more things change, the more they look the same
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 01 2014, @11:57PM
missed my sarcasm tag
Had you said "modern business model", I would have nodded in full agreement.
I want people to realize that Capitalism is characterized by an ownership class which does no labor.
Paris Hilton sitting on her ass waiting for a check to arrive is an example of Capitalism.
For the Reactionaries and Free Marketeers in the crowd:
if any would not work, neither should he eat
2 Thessalonians 3:10 (KJV)
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"properly operating society"
....haven't seen one of those around here in a long time
Yeah.
...yet somehow the prisons are more full than ever.
The elites' divide-and-conquer strategy is working well.
OTOH, in recent elections, several places have decriminalized weed and upped the minimum wage (with those measures out-doing the percentages of any party's candidates).
Slowly, the pendulum is beginning to swing back.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 02 2014, @04:31AM
"if any would not work, neither should he eat". Jesus said and did different though.
What could happen in the future is you have few humans working, the robots do most of the work and the Owners do most of the "eating". The poor won't work much and won't eat much.
(Score: 2) by bucc5062 on Tuesday December 02 2014, @01:26PM
Paul did more damage to the teachings of Christ than any other roman of his time. He was a control freak, insecure, and manipulative. He only used Jesus as a vehcile to set his own agenda. No wonder the early Church loved this guy, he literally wrote the book on now to control the population through religion and fear.
On topic, I get your point. My colloquial expression is Greedism, a model that does more to destroy society than any other in existence.
The more things change, the more they look the same
(Score: 1) by Buck Feta on Monday December 01 2014, @06:33PM
Perhaps if more municipalities did away with the monopolistic medallion system, Uber would die the ugly death it deserves.
- fractious political commentary goes here -
(Score: 2) by arashi no garou on Monday December 01 2014, @06:55PM
One can only hope. I do believe ride sharing is the future of the taxi industry, I just wish we had a more noble front runner.
(Score: 1) by OffTheWallSoccer on Tuesday December 02 2014, @03:22PM
So then you are okay with the concept of Uber, just not that particular implementation?
(Score: 2) by arashi no garou on Tuesday December 02 2014, @10:50PM
Yes, I like the idea of app-based ride sharing in general. And other companies who are doing it in an honest and positive way are showing how great a service it can be. I just feel that Uber's hostile business practices are ultimately giving the concept a bad name, and hurting themselves along with their competitors.