> It required dirty dealing to get past this corruption. Why do you think the current state is "/past/ this corruption." It sounds like Uber spent a bunch of

> It required dirty dealing to get past this corruption. Why do you think the current state is "/past/ this corruption." It sounds like Uber spent a bunch of money to just "own the corruption for itself." On the whole, I don't believe it's an actual improvement. You may like the state of the cars more, but the continued overt monopolization and the worse outcomes for labor are massively negative outcomes, even if you aren't in a position to be personally impacted by them.