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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Jul 2012

    Uber is so obviously a good thing that you can measure how corrupt cities are by how hard they try to suppress it.

    3:49 PM - 9 Jul 2012
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      2. Uriah Z Maynard‏ @uriahz 12 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @vladstan The narrative that little cab companies are evil monopolies somehow stepping on a giant multinational company is so fucked!

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Colin Williams‏ @Colwildotcom 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @uriahz @paulg @vladstan

        Bingo... let's crush them all by operating at a loss then crank up the prices when we are the only game in town....

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Jim Puls‏ @puls 12 Jul 2012
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @dweekly So not true. Uber is skirting laws designed to protect people. Just because Uber isn’t evil doesn’t mean the laws are bad.

        2 replies 4 retweets 19 likes
      3. David E. Weekly  🚁‏ @dweekly 13 Jul 2012
        Replying to @puls

        @puls Is the implication that Uber is a dangerous service? (They are using licensed private sedans.)

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Bram Kanstein‏Verified account @bramk 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @dweekly

        @dweekly @puls not in all countries, that's really the biggest misconception of Americans that are blindly supportive of Uber

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      2. Martin LeBlanc‏ @martinleblanc 24 May 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Really? So Copenhagen is very corrupt?

        2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Niklas Stephenson‏ @nikstep 24 May 2015
        Replying to @martinleblanc

        @leblancstartup @paulg I think taxis in Copenhagen needs an open market. Not sure ubers style is great though

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Martin LeBlanc‏ @martinleblanc 24 May 2015
        Replying to @nikstep

        @nikstep @paulg Sure, I agree that we should move away from the current laws and regulations, but that's not corruption.

        0 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Nathan Sadeghi-Nejad‏Verified account @natesadeghi 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Uber's lack of transparency, even at the point of booking = fail.

        2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
      3. Ryan Graves‏Verified account @ryangraves 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @natesadeghi

        @natesadeghi transparency is important to us. pricing is now clearly in the app as you select car type, and also on our site. /@paulg

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Nathan Sadeghi-Nejad‏Verified account @natesadeghi 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @ryangraves

        @ryangraves @paulg Thanks for the response. Will take another look. Had deleted the app put of frustration.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. ❶❸ meu voto no 2º turno‏ @ramalhoorg 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg amazin how uber became a religion in some circles. My city, São Paulo, has excellent taxi service and I don't want Uber to ruin that.

        4 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. Érico Andrei‏ @ericof 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @ramalhoorg

        @ramalhoorg @paulg I would love to see uber destroy taxi fleets in São Paulo — as they belong to some corrupt mayor we had.

        4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. ❶❸ meu voto no 2º turno‏ @ramalhoorg 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @ericof

        @ericof @paulg I don't use taxi fleets, use taxis from the neighboring stalls, I know them by name and they're great. also get them via app

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Érico Andrei‏ @ericof 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @ramalhoorg

        @ramalhoorg @paulg These guys will keep doing business as Uber have competition, right? :-)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. ❶❸ meu voto no 2º turno‏ @ramalhoorg 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @ericof

        @ericof @paulg I don't know re politicians & cab companies, but taxi service in São Paulo is excellent thanks to cabbies who are free agents

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Andrew Spott‏ @aspott 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I think it speaks as much to "fear of change" as it does to "corruption."

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      1. Tommy Nicholas‏ @tommyrva 9 Jul 2012
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg "DC corrupt, water wet, more at 11"

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      1. Phil Jeudy‏Verified account @PhilJ 29 Jan 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Update in 2015: when you see a systematic surge pricing, you wonder if you don't become yourself kind of corrupted using it

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      1. DardoG‏ @dardogasparre 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @n_cachanosky Avoiding taxes and regulations is not a corrupt practice?

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