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> This will probably be an unpopular opinion Well what do you know, at the time of writing this, it's the top comment! > The fact that the footage of him with
by chickenfries 10y ago
> This will probably be an unpopular opinion
Well what do you know, at the time of writing this, it's the top comment!
> The fact that the footage of him with two women wasn't cut out is frankly disgusting and a total invasion of his privacy. He didn't do anything wrong except flirt a bit. How tawdry of Bloomberg to show that material.
It's relevant because he said things like this:
“That’s kind of how I roll. I make sure every year is a hard year. If it’s easy I’m not pushing hard enough.”
at a time when we're supposed to be trusting that Kalanick is fixing his company's culture...
> the most blatant character assassination
Where was the character assassination? They just reported on what happened in the video. The video is relevant to the public interest. Do you have a right to not be filmed in an Uber... maybe? I don't know. It's not my car, and the driver could need the film for their own protection. I think I would be okay with being filmed as long as it wasn't secret.
- pjwal 10y agoObviously, he did not know he was being filmed...so it was a secret.
- chickenfries 10y agoWhat makes you say that? The camera looks like it's in a place where you should be able to see it. Either way, I don't think a conversation I have in the back of someone else's car is private.
- pjwal 10y agoBecause I find it incredibly hard to believe that he would engage like this if he believed there was a possibility of the conversation being made public. Sure, I could be wrong, but I am of the camp that the driver will find legal repercussions to this.
- zepto 10y agoYou mean he only behaves this was when he thinks there are no witnesses?
- ChuckMcM 10y agoApropos of nothing all of the sites that talk about driving for Uber seem to recommend a recording setup both a dash cam and 'passenger cam' to provide backup in the event of a dispute or accident. I would be really surprised if he didn't expect this to be recorded at some level.
- hsod 10y ago> I think I would be okay with being filmed as long as it wasn't secret. Would you be OK with the video being published on a major news site?
- chickenfries 10y agoI have to say, that would be interesting, as my conversations are not usually relevant to the readers of bloomberg. I might not be happy about it, but I'm not sure that a law was broken or that I would have any recourse...
- unityByFreedom 10y agoNobody is saying a law was broken. That doesn't make it right. Clearly you would not be happy about it either. I think the interesting part of this story is not Kalanick's character based on the video, but rather the business decisions Uber made and how that has impacted their drivers. It appears Uber has benefited from people investing in fancy cars. If it was their business plan to mislead people into doing that and then force them to take Uber X rides, then that is wrong, though not illegal.
- chickenfries 10y agoWhether I would be happy about it or not does not make it right either. My unpopular opinion is that this video is in the public interest and that matters more than whether or not the CEO of Uber is happy about it or feels like their privacy was violated.
- unityByFreedom 10y agoI don't support the idea that our culture would be better off by sharing more videos of each other when we did not expect we'd be speaking to the entire world. It's why we don't get to see Trump's or Congress' tax returns without some kind of court case. If they're forced to do it by law, it will be forced upon you too, and boom, everyone knows all your financials. We can decide what we want to add to our culture. Secret videos don't need to be part of it.
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