"Emmanuel" and "Travis" were soon on first name terms, and met at least four times, the files show - in Paris, and at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland. Only the Davos meeting has been previously reported.
No I don't have any knowledge of the situation or necessary context, just saying. Where I'm from the taxi drivers were thieves and I welcomed the competition, even though I'm no fan of Uber either.
Considering that in the UK the Hackey Carriage license system and black cab system amounted to extortion and blackmail, is it any wonder people here jumped at the chance for Uber.
What exactly did Uber do? Other then provide a much better service than taxis, I mean.
Uber drivers were arrested in October 2014, and that December a judge in the Hague banned UberPop, threatening fines up to 100,000 euros. In March 2015, Uber's Amsterdam office was raided by Dutch police.
Emails say that Ms Kroes called ministers and other members of the government to persuade them to back down during the raid.During another raid a week later, Ms Kroes again contacted a Dutch minister the Uber Files show, and, in the words of an email, "harassed" the head of the Dutch
So the government fucked with Uber and they retaliated by buying off politicians so they would be left alone. Good for them.
The issue I have is that governments regulate taxis super hard. Including requiring taxi medallions that can cost $1 million or more (back when $1 million was a lot of money anyway). While Uber provides a generally better service, they also sidestep the regulations that were put in place for taxis.
Without the burden of regulations of course Uber can out compete traditional taxis. It isn't fair to any side, and it allows Uber to keep a larger cut than would be otherwise possible. The solution is to roll back regulations on taxis to help level the playing field.
Of course most blue cities wouldn't dream of giving up any regulations, lest some politicians lose out on kickbacks. So everything will remain corrupt and fucked, likely the same in France...
The leak was conveniently held back until after the French election.
LOL! The CIA excuse! "We were bad 30 years ago, but now we're cool, dog"... said now as well as 30 years from now.
Uber is definetly not your friend.
Maybe the French taxi industry was shit.
No I don't have any knowledge of the situation or necessary context, just saying. Where I'm from the taxi drivers were thieves and I welcomed the competition, even though I'm no fan of Uber either.
Considering that in the UK the Hackey Carriage license system and black cab system amounted to extortion and blackmail, is it any wonder people here jumped at the chance for Uber.
What exactly did Uber do? Other then provide a much better service than taxis, I mean.
So the government fucked with Uber and they retaliated by buying off politicians so they would be left alone. Good for them.
The issue I have is that governments regulate taxis super hard. Including requiring taxi medallions that can cost $1 million or more (back when $1 million was a lot of money anyway). While Uber provides a generally better service, they also sidestep the regulations that were put in place for taxis.
Without the burden of regulations of course Uber can out compete traditional taxis. It isn't fair to any side, and it allows Uber to keep a larger cut than would be otherwise possible. The solution is to roll back regulations on taxis to help level the playing field.
Of course most blue cities wouldn't dream of giving up any regulations, lest some politicians lose out on kickbacks. So everything will remain corrupt and fucked, likely the same in France...