MWEB E-Zone writes: "When the news broke not too long ago that in 2015 so far, roughly 200 driver-owned Uber vehicles have been impounded in Cape Town due to a lack of permits, a major debate broke out.
Simply put, you’re either pro-Uber, or anti-Uber… but it may not be that simple. In all anti-Uber demonstrations globally – Paris, Hong Kong, South Africa, the US and Canada – the protests of local drivers have the same rationale: unfair competition, and the loss of wages and jobs."
An 18-year-old made it into Uber's systems. Uber is currently responding to the incident.
It used the “kill switch” to stop law enforcement from cracking down on the company in Europe.
Uber is really trying to branch out when it comes to different services.
I also don't get why they're opposing regulation. Usually stuff like this boils down to one thing. Money.
Whenever you try and disrupt an industry and change it on a fundamental level, the Luddites will always push back. And all you have to do is look at the news to see the beating that Uber is taking all over the world. Almost starting to feel sorry for them...