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> it also victimized workers, riders, cities and restaurants > Uber's founding CEO Travis Kalanick - a fratty bro who created a culture of dishonesty, physica

> it also victimized workers, riders, cities and restaurants > Uber's founding CEO Travis Kalanick - a fratty bro who created a culture of dishonesty, physical and sexual harassment and abuse, and criminality. > It's true! Khosrowshahi is a better human being than Kalanick (who, to be clear, is one of the worst people alive today). > But the problem with Uber wasn't that just that it was a rapey, crimey, crooked grift - the OTHER problem with Uber is that it is doomed, and only exists today because of accounting fraud. Khosrowshahi didn't fix that part. He's not going to fix that part. Clearly the author hates Uber so much that you cant really trust any opinion they have of their financials. You can tell this because they aren't attacking ride sharing as a whole or ever mentioning Lyft.

Daishiman 5y ago
They attacked the models of similar ridesharing services in Southeast Asia. The whole model in itself is a con and the author isn't shying away from that; he's just demonstrating that the biggest player is a particularly egregious offender. And sorry, but the fact that he has strong opinions doesn't mean that they're not backed by facts. You can be impartial and have strong opinions if the opinions are the obvious, logical conclusion that all the evidence brings out. If anything, I applaud the author for not pretending the modern media BS narrative of theres-two-sides-to-the-story, as if they had equal weight.
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- searealist 5y ago
  > They attacked the models of similar ridesharing services in Southeast Asia. Not really. Nothing more than mentioning keeping them on the book was a financial trick. > The whole model in itself is a con and the author isn't shying away from that; he's just demonstrating that the biggest player is a particularly egregious offender. I'm not sure what you mean when you say the author doesn't shy away from it. Not in this article. This only attacks Uber. > And sorry, but the fact that he has strong opinions doesn't mean that they're not backed by facts. You can be impartial and have strong opinions if the opinions are the obvious, logical conclusion that all the evidence brings out. When you adopt a tone of preaching to the choir don't be surprised when people think you are doing just that. > If anything, I applaud the author for not pretending the modern media BS narrative of theres-two-sides-to-the-story, as if they had equal weight. Do you also wish the modern media called companies "rapey" in articles meant to criticize financials?
RONROC 5y ago
Looks like we found the Uber [vc, engineer, shareholder, intern].
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Daishiman 5y ago

They attacked the models of similar ridesharing services in Southeast Asia. The whole model in itself is a con and the author isn't shying away from that; he's just demonstrating that the biggest player is a particularly egregious offender. And sorry, but the fact that he has strong opinions doesn't mean that they're not backed by facts. You can be impartial and have strong opinions if the opinions are the obvious, logical conclusion that all the evidence brings out. If anything, I applaud the author for not pretending the modern media BS narrative of theres-two-sides-to-the-story, as if they had equal weight.

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searealist 5y ago
> They attacked the models of similar ridesharing services in Southeast Asia. Not really. Nothing more than mentioning keeping them on the book was a financial trick. > The whole model in itself is a con and the author isn't shying away from that; he's just demonstrating that the biggest player is a particularly egregious offender. I'm not sure what you mean when you say the author doesn't shy away from it. Not in this article. This only attacks Uber. > And sorry, but the fact that he has strong opinions doesn't mean that they're not backed by facts. You can be impartial and have strong opinions if the opinions are the obvious, logical conclusion that all the evidence brings out. When you adopt a tone of preaching to the choir don't be surprised when people think you are doing just that. > If anything, I applaud the author for not pretending the modern media BS narrative of theres-two-sides-to-the-story, as if they had equal weight. Do you also wish the modern media called companies "rapey" in articles meant to criticize financials?

RONROC 5y ago

Looks like we found the Uber [vc, engineer, shareholder, intern].

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