Except not all Uber drivers end up living in their leased cars. The best way to separate bullshit from fact is to observe how people are voting with their feet and their time vs what is reported and said. There sure are a lot of people who voluntarily choose to be Uber drivers.
Or alternately stated, taxi companies and drivers are against Uber because it eliminates the regulatory protections that allow Taxis to earn more money than the free market would allow.
It seems to me that when people are activating or upgrading a line they're free-agents in terms of cellular service and thus most likely to consider an alternate carrier. Charging them $25 right off the bat is a good way to discourage using your service. With customer acquisition costs as high as they are this seems like a penny wise and pound foolish fee.
"The FTC claims that to prevent Apple from launching a WiMax iPhone after Sprint deployed its first WiMax network in 2008, Qualcomm 'agreed to rebate to Apple royalties' received from the iPhone maker's contract manufacturers 'in excess of a specified per-handset cap.' In other words, Qualcomm allegedly let Apple pay lower royalties to secure a long-term spot in the iPhone, lock rivals out of the baseband market, and deal a fatal blow to the WiMax standard."
You were in the running for the Gigafactory but then decided that repaying political favors to your car dealerships was more important and blocked Tesla's ability to sell directly to their customers.
A third option would be to make immigrants ineligible for welfare until a certain number of years have passed or tie the eligibility to some employment-related metric.
Actually my views are the opposite of elitism. Rather than believing a select few are privy to special knowledge unavailable to others, I believe in the collective intelligence of everyone.
It's not me telling anyone what standard of living Americans deserve - it's the global marketplace. And the what they're saying can be divined by looking at income statistics over the past 20 years.
Funny thing about workers in other countries - they kinda don't want to bust their ass for meager wagers so that Americans can enjoy a standard of living higher than they deserve. The inevitable outcome is an equalization of income, where wages in established nations stagnates while wages in developing countries rises.
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Except not all Uber drivers end up living in their leased cars. The best way to separate bullshit from fact is to observe how people are voting with their feet and their time vs what is reported and said. There sure are a lot of people who voluntarily choose to be Uber drivers.
Or alternately stated, taxi companies and drivers are against Uber because it eliminates the regulatory protections that allow Taxis to earn more money than the free market would allow.
Perhaps. But considering how they literally have paid people to switch perhaps not.
It seems to me that when people are activating or upgrading a line they're free-agents in terms of cellular service and thus most likely to consider an alternate carrier. Charging them $25 right off the bat is a good way to discourage using your service. With customer acquisition costs as high as they are this seems like a penny wise and pound foolish fee.
"The FTC claims that to prevent Apple from launching a WiMax iPhone after Sprint deployed its first WiMax network in 2008, Qualcomm 'agreed to rebate to Apple royalties' received from the iPhone maker's contract manufacturers 'in excess of a specified per-handset cap.' In other words, Qualcomm allegedly let Apple pay lower royalties to secure a long-term spot in the iPhone, lock rivals out of the baseband market, and deal a fatal blow to the WiMax standard."
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I agree, the free market should be in fear. But if you think that's a good thing then you're in for a nasty surprise.
The projected economic impact of the Gigafactory to Nevada is $100b.
Yeah, having leading-edge tech development just 3 1/2 hours of the bay area in a low-tax zone will be horrible for Nevada going forward.
You were in the running for the Gigafactory but then decided that repaying political favors to your car dealerships was more important and blocked Tesla's ability to sell directly to their customers.
A third option would be to make immigrants ineligible for welfare until a certain number of years have passed or tie the eligibility to some employment-related metric.
No laptop, no $25k. If it's a publicity stunt then it's all moot anyway.
Pay the guy in China the $25k you're offering.
It's a tough issue for sure. I defer again to Milton Friedman, who did a brilliant treatment on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I'm against it. You can't legislate prosperity.
Actually my views are the opposite of elitism. Rather than believing a select few are privy to special knowledge unavailable to others, I believe in the collective intelligence of everyone.
I want to eliminate all barriers to immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
If Americans deserved a higher standard of living then the market would provide it to them. Income statistics say otherwise.
Click on "10 year" on the following graph of Chinese wages:
http://www.tradingeconomics.co...
And "10 year" on the following graph of American wages:
http://www.tradingeconomics.co...
Whenever the government interferes with the free market's price discovery mechanism it is always a bad thing.
http://www.tradingeconomics.co...
It's not me telling anyone what standard of living Americans deserve - it's the global marketplace. And the what they're saying can be divined by looking at income statistics over the past 20 years.
Business deals have been done based on trade show demonstrations.
Funny thing about workers in other countries - they kinda don't want to bust their ass for meager wagers so that Americans can enjoy a standard of living higher than they deserve. The inevitable outcome is an equalization of income, where wages in established nations stagnates while wages in developing countries rises.
It's part and parcel of the tech industry.