Why even publish such hollow meaningless drivel? Wired is pathetic.
The police showing up well after everything has gone down is a well worn cliche that is parodied in nearly every movie that comes out of the country.
The only problem with the cliche is that it understated how terrible it is to call the police.
The police will first harass the victim engaging them in hours of bureaucracy and paperwork even as they may be bleeding to death. If they don’t give them the answers they want (in some cases the cops may not want the case because it will hurt their numbers, since they don’t actually solve any cases), they will then take the next step of harassing the witnesses and good samaritans they may have called. And then, the final step is to simply pin the blame on the good samaritans themselves.
Just dropping in a “Call the police” button in India and pretending that’s a solution of any sort is the biggest indication that they don’t care about their workers on whose backs they’re making their profits at all.
Ban racist customers. Ensure benefits get to the victim’s bank account.
Well that sounds simple! How do you test against racism at scale, make people pass some kind of a test?
What does this even have to do with racism? Feels like some kind of projection, tbh
Low ratings and racism or violence are categorically different. A single substantiated allegation (e.g. backed up with video) should result in a ban. It does in America.
Also, the article claims they do not go after users with low ratings.
small monthly fee, paid out to whoever responds if you press a panic button.
It would probably be a lot better than the current policing system. Though the actual police might have more avenues to show their displeasure than taxi unions.
Also, the article claims Uber is lying:
"Uber spokesperson Tomar says that the company gave Devi financial support to cover her loss of earnings as a result of the incident, and that the company 'helped her claim her medical expenses under Uber’s on-trip insurance policy, which covers all drivers on the app.' Devi claims that both the insurance money and Uber’s financial support for her loss of earnings haven’t made it into her bank account."