Just Aguy@chi1cabby·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @pmarca@pmarca @vgr Perhaps a close reading of prescient @matthewstoller would clarify: http://nakedcapitalism.com/2014/04/matt-stoller-how-uber-creates-an-algorithmic-monopoly.html… & visit http://UberPeople.net41
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @chi1cabby@chi1cabby @pmarca @matthewstoller Just because it was a service previously provided by government does not make it a 'governing service.'1
Matt Stoller@matthewstoller·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @chi1cabby @pmarca I did not argue that.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @matthewstoller@matthewstoller @chi1cabby @pmarca "But what the company is really doing is supplying a governing service, replacing taxi commissions"2
Matt Stoller@matthewstoller·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @chi1cabby @pmarca Correct. Nowhere did I say a service provided by gov is necessarily a governing service.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @matthewstoller@matthewstoller @chi1cabby @pmarca So Uber is a market maker that replaces a regulator. I don't get the point you're trying to make then.1
Matt Stoller@matthewstoller·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @chi1cabby @pmarca Then reread the piece. It's clear. Uber is replacing a publicly organized market with a private autocracy.31
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @matthewstoller@matthewstoller @chi1cabby @pmarca You didn't make the case. Using adjectives like "open" and ignoring Lyft and competition doesn't help1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr@matthewstoller @chi1cabby @pmarca I am sympathetic to complaints against Uber dirty tricks, but the case for "monopoly" has not been made.7:53 PM · Nov 16, 2014
Matt Stoller@matthewstoller·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @chi1cabby @pmarca yes, it has, you just don't like it. that's fine, if disingenuous.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @matthewstoller@matthewstoller @chi1cabby @pmarca When Lyft goes bankrupt or is bought by Uber, we'll talk.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 16, 2014Replying to @vgr@matthewstoller @chi1cabby @pmarca Commenters on your post make the same point, so I won't rehash the argument.