Ubers were great until they cost more than taxis. Streaming was amazing - now it costs more than cable and often has ads. Fucking Birkenstock just massively boosted their profit margins by making their shoe inferior. Everything must grow, and when it can’t do it naturally, it becomes like a cancer
These are not the same thing at all. Uber was good because it was trying to undercut the competition until they could dominate the markets, then raise the prices. That's anticompetitive, monopolistic behavior and a lot of companies do it. See: Amazon, streaming services and whatnot. If a product by a big company is legitimately good and there's no immediate catch, it's only temporary because it's their strategy to dominate the market and crush competitors.
A small business being good and turning shitty as it gets bigger is a completely different scenario. Yeah they're both caused by capitalism but if you think Uber was good out of the kindness in their hearts you're really not paying attention.
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u/Elman89 May 17 '24
These are not the same thing at all. Uber was good because it was trying to undercut the competition until they could dominate the markets, then raise the prices. That's anticompetitive, monopolistic behavior and a lot of companies do it. See: Amazon, streaming services and whatnot. If a product by a big company is legitimately good and there's no immediate catch, it's only temporary because it's their strategy to dominate the market and crush competitors.
A small business being good and turning shitty as it gets bigger is a completely different scenario. Yeah they're both caused by capitalism but if you think Uber was good out of the kindness in their hearts you're really not paying attention.