That's more or less where I am, actually; not that this is a conspiracy, but something simpler, more subtle and less organized. I'm positing that the very real

That's more or less where I am, actually; not that this is a conspiracy, but something simpler, more subtle and less organized. I'm positing that the very real and very awful problems at Uber (again, to reiterate; those are the main issue here, I'm picking at side-issues...) have incidentally created an environment where some parties have powerful incentives to go in on Uber themselves.