Uber CEO Plays with Fire

Post by specialist » Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 5:14 PM UTC

ars wrote: post #45

For all the criticism he is getting, this would never have happened without him. Taxi companies are too strong, and the US needed someone like him to break barriers. Lyft would never have existed without Uber. Now that Uber broke through the path (and is getting destroyed for it) the way is open for lots of other companies. It happens all the time that the company that invents or creates something new, does not actua…

Post by odonnellryan » Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 5:14 PM UTC

zilchers wrote: post #89

I'm off uber after a BS "5 minute" issue. I've been using it for years, they literally had to burn so much goodwill to get me to stop using them, it's almost impressive.

Post by oculusthrift » Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 5:15 PM UTC

hsod wrote: post #110

pdog wrote: post #36

From the article, explained: At the time, Uber was dealing with widespread account fraud in places like China, where tricksters bought stolen iPhones that were erased of their memory and resold. Some Uber drivers there would then create dozens of fake email addresses to sign up for new Uber rider accounts attached to each phone, and request rides from those phones, which they would then accept. Since Uber was handing…

This really doesn't match up with how the conversation/outrage is playing out on Twitter right now. People seem to be interpreting this as "Uber continues to track your location after you have deleted the app," when what really happened seemed to be "If you delete Uber and then reinstall it on the same phone, Uber knows that it's the same phone." See for example this Tweet, with hundreds of retweets and lots of verif…

Post by plg » Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 5:16 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #131

plg wrote: post #124

"Using an email digest service it owns named Unroll.me, Slice collected its customers’ emailed Lyft receipts from their inboxes and sold the anonymized data to Uber. " Can someone explain to me the mechanics of how this happens? I use Lyft, which emails me a receipt. How does Slice get a hold of this? Does Lyft sell it to Slice?

It's pretty sleazy. See https://unroll.me It purports to be a convenient tool for end users. But sells them out for revenue. Edit: I'm sure it's in the terms somewhere. But to me, something this intrusive should be stated up front if it's not obvious.

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 5:18 PM UTC

Retric wrote: post #63

bmelton wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't think you can support a ridesharing company that by design treats employees as contractors and also be socially conscious I don't understand why not. I have a total of five friends who have each chosen to drive for various ridesharing companies, and in the conversations I've had with them, it seems pretty clear that none of them would be drivers if they couldn't set their own schedules, or if they were othe…

Flexible schedules has almost nothing to do with employees vs contractors.