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okay someone tell me if i missed anything uber has done... * trying to dredge up dirt on journalist for being negative towards the company. * kalanik denies t

by swang 9y ago

okay someone tell me if i missed anything uber has done... * trying to dredge up dirt on journalist for being negative towards the company. * kalanik denies that an incident involving a uber driver choking a passenger ever happened. * kalanik boasting that he should have called the company "boober" from all the women he gets * offering customers rides with "hot chicks" in france. * having a "god view" that employees used to spy on exes, politicians and celebrities. they paid a measly $20k fine and supposedly continue to still allow employees to use god view. * kalanik took people out to a escort bar in south korea (on company dime) * created a greyball program, to try and avoid authorities from getting a ride and hide their wrong doings from city officials * had a high level uber executive go into india and get the medical records of a rape victim and held onto those records for no good reason. oh yeah he also showed those records to kalanik and another executive and wasn't fired on the spot for it. they literally didn't fire him after their initial "cleaning up" of the company until news outlets started sniffing around * ignored california's dmv and started putting self-driving cars onto the road, one of which decided to run a red light. then tried to pass off the issue as, "human error" * paid off hackers to delete user data. did not notify proper authorities * sexual harassment / toxic workplace issues --------- and now --------- * withholding evidence from a trial * using ephemeral messages so they dont leave a paper trail * allegedly denied areas from service by redlining them

Analemma_ 9y ago
It's the Trump strategy: do sleazy and illegal things at such a high rate that no one can keep up with the firehose. They know apologists will bamboozle the public by taking each instance in isolation and going "it's no big deal", and it works because no one has enough working memory to keep the whole picture in their head at once and be appropriately outraged enough.
- trumpownsyouLOL 9y ago
  kys cuck.
  - deleted 9y ago
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SilasX 9y ago
I can'd find anything about Uber redlining -- what story are you referring to there?
- swang 9y ago
  one of the reporters who was in the courtroom from the testimony of richard jacobs: https://twitter.com/kateconger/status/935575268160180224 https://twitter.com/kateconger/status/935575268160180224 > "That’s to say we could lower the operating costs by identifying high threat areas where crime takes place... help the company avoid those areas."
  - SilasX 9y ago
    Thanks for the link!
  - forapurpose 9y ago
    That's interesting. Uber has marketed its service as a public good because it covered undeserved areas.
    - j2kun 9y ago
      In addition to this, there is a known effect of surge pricing that routes demand from poorer areas to wealthier areas. I can't find the paper right now, but IIRC it was 2015.
beedogs 9y ago
And yet they inexplicably enjoy solid support here. They're one of the dirtiest companies in the tech industry, and people, for some reason, can't seem to get enough of them.
- rifung 9y ago
  My cynicism leads me to believe it's because tech is (now?) more about making money and less about ethics or making cool stuff.
  - beedogs 9y ago
    The first dot-com boom was so much better than this one. But the upcoming dot-com bust will be much more satisfying than the first one.
jliptzin 9y ago
sounds like kalanik should run for president

by swang 9y ago

Analemma_ 9y ago

It's the Trump strategy: do sleazy and illegal things at such a high rate that no one can keep up with the firehose. They know apologists will bamboozle the public by taking each instance in isolation and going "it's no big deal", and it works because no one has enough working memory to keep the whole picture in their head at once and be appropriately outraged enough.

trumpownsyouLOL 9y ago
kys cuck.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]

SilasX 9y ago

I can'd find anything about Uber redlining -- what story are you referring to there?

swang 9y ago
one of the reporters who was in the courtroom from the testimony of richard jacobs: https://twitter.com/kateconger/status/935575268160180224 https://twitter.com/kateconger/status/935575268160180224 > "That’s to say we could lower the operating costs by identifying high threat areas where crime takes place... help the company avoid those areas."
- SilasX 9y ago
  Thanks for the link!
- forapurpose 9y ago
  That's interesting. Uber has marketed its service as a public good because it covered undeserved areas.
  - j2kun 9y ago
    In addition to this, there is a known effect of surge pricing that routes demand from poorer areas to wealthier areas. I can't find the paper right now, but IIRC it was 2015.

beedogs 9y ago

And yet they inexplicably enjoy solid support here. They're one of the dirtiest companies in the tech industry, and people, for some reason, can't seem to get enough of them.

rifung 9y ago
My cynicism leads me to believe it's because tech is (now?) more about making money and less about ethics or making cool stuff.
- beedogs 9y ago
  The first dot-com boom was so much better than this one. But the upcoming dot-com bust will be much more satisfying than the first one.

jliptzin 9y ago

sounds like kalanik should run for president