This is no better than a press release. How does this absolute crap make it to the HN front page? Is it hatred of Uber? I don't get why such a fluff piece can g

This is no better than a press release. How does this absolute crap make it to the HN front page? Is it hatred of Uber? I don't get why such a fluff piece can get so many upvotes. Even the title "Uber invests in its drivers" sounds like a press release.