There\u2019s an Uber Files scandal in France, involving the French president.<\/p>\n
Ugh.<\/p>\n
Uber is this weird thing where I know they\u2019ve been bad but also where I know how much they changed the game for good. They did.<\/p>\n
In 2014, not so long ago, Uber was a freaking lifesaver. Taxis would be horrendous to me! I would never get one, or it was killing my bank account, $60 at a time. Uber solved that problem in a second.<\/p>\n
I still remember my first driver, on a super-hot day, straight off of the T-Mobile shop, after grabbing my first and last US phone number. He was so happy to drive, and I was so happy to drink water in the back of his SUV.<\/p>\n
But then, yeah. Virtually unlimited VC money, Bait & Switch tactics, massive lobbying at every government levels everywhere, and here we are.<\/p>\n
I mentioned recently how every good idea turns into terrible business in no time these days, and Uber is probably the best example of this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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