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>You should be ashamed of yourself, at least own it and make your comments under a pseudonym I've found that this community will turn a blind eye to fraud and
by aguyfromnb 7y ago
>You should be ashamed of yourself, at least own it and make your comments under a pseudonym
I've found that this community will turn a blind eye to fraud and corruption, as long as it's done in the name of "disruption" and you're a "tech company".
- Normal_gaussian 7y agoI've ovserved something very different. Lots of debate about the likes of Uber and AirBnB - with the bulk of comments leaning towards condemnation.
- twobat 7y agoMoney will buy everything. Even comments on HN. It's not even new.
- Nextgrid 7y agoCould it be changing? I used to be in that camp 10 years ago but in the past couple years my mind changed as these companies became much more nasty in their desperate quest for profitability; I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation.
- tinco 7y agoI don't think that has ever been true. What companies that are lauded in this community engage in fraud and corruption? Some people side with the hotel's and the taxi drivers versus AirBnB and Uber, but I don't think circumventing rules and regulations to significantly improve these services is quite the same as fraud and corruption. Especially considering those industries are frequently associated with fraud and corruption themselves. Not that I don't think Uber and AirBnB have manoeuvred themselves into positions of power that they are abusing or exploiting, but that just means they should be better regulated.
- ferzul 7y agothey didn't circumvent laws, they broke them with enough advertising that they got changed. the companies just ignore regulations and profit from it.