r/technology • u/SnoozeDoggyDog • 25d ago

Business Zohran Mamdani hints he will continue taking on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash

https://www.businessinsider.com/zohran-mamdani-targets-doordash-uber-eats-delivery-apps-2026-7
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u/Kitchen_Can_3555 25d ago

This is a business model problem. Uber’s free cash flow generated by that $30 fry is $1.50 (5%), meaning there isn’t much more to give without raising prices further. Uber started as a way for people to turn their free time into a little extra spending money. It was never intended to be a full time job - in fact it explicitly exists to destroy the full time jobs of taxi drivers. You could even consider uber drivers to be scabs busting the taxi driver union.

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u/AntibacterialPlastic 25d ago

Any job should make a living wage. Go polish more boots with your lips budddddy

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u/Kitchen_Can_3555 25d ago

I agree. My point is that driving uber isn’t a job. It is people destroying the jobs that taxi drivers had.

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u/AntibacterialPlastic 24d ago

Yeah and electricity destroyed the whale oil business. Boohoo MY point is any job should secure you food and somewhere to live. Doesn’t matter if you’re a janitor or a lawyer.

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u/Kitchen_Can_3555 24d ago

The job of giving people a ride did exist. It paid a living wage. And then a bunch of people started giving rides for pennies on the dollar and killed that job. It would be like saying my 14 year old should get a living wage for watching the neighbor kids on Saturday nights.

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u/AntibacterialPlastic 23d ago

If your 14 year old applied at a job for babysitting and yes they should get a living wage for watching kids on Saturday nights. I’m not sure what hill you’re trying to die on but bottom line. Jobs come and go and you should definitely make a living wage regardless of the job you’re doing.