Uber

The Uber application for Android intends to be a taxi alternative for transporting passengers. Order a transport from your smartphone with a single tap

Wild ultra-capitalism should move in the city

This application has appeared as an alternative method of passenger transport to the taxi. On the one hand, it has a network of drivers who put their own vehicles at the service of the application, on the other hand, its users order the vehicles through the official Uber app. All you have to do is register with your phone number, provide your location, and that's it.

This is how Uber works, the most controversial passenger transportation service that works in hundreds of cities around the world. An alternative to the traditional taxi and other urban modes of transport, whose growth has been fueled by its breakthrough technology for ordering a car and, of course, by the funding rounds that have given it financial oxygen.

If you've been following the news lately, you should already know what the fuss is about and the problems facing taxi drivers in cities around the world over accusations of dishonest competition and skyrocketing prices.

How does Uber work?

The Android app works the same as the iOS app for the iPhone. In other words, you just have to follow these instructions:

1. Step 1: After signing in, open the application and say where you want to go.
2. Step 2: The app will send your location to the drivers and one of them will accept the service.
3. Step 3: You will see the driver's photo on your screen, information about the vehicle and you can check its arrival on a map.
4. Step 4: You can pay by credit card, cash, or even Android Pay and PayPal in certain cities.
5. Step 5: Rate your driver and their vehicle.

Goldman Sachs' collaborative economy

It's definitely one of the most controversial apps in recent years due to its struggles with the taxi sector. Its creator and former CEO, Travis Kalanick, defined it as a collaborative economics application, a concept everyone loves to talk about but isn't entirely true. It is a business model that seeks more competition in passenger transport by deregulating this sector and worsening conditions for employees and the self-employed.

Exploiting various legal loopholes related to passenger transportation, Uber seeks to unlawfully compete with labor sectors that are governed by their own rules and laws. Do taxis need updating? In any case. Does this mean that we must promote a model in which the working class suffers precarious conditions? Definitely not.

With an employment system based on the figure created by the imagination of a group of creative entrepreneurs, bogus self-employment. Now, as you can imagine, to all the disadvantages of self-employment are added all the disadvantages of employment, with many rights being lost.

What's new in the latest version?

• Performance improvements and some bug fixes.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 7.0.