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Company's PR says that possibly controversial event for company results in huge benefit for said company. Hm. I'm not saying it not true, but it's playing in
by paddyoloughlin 12y ago
Company's PR says that possibly controversial event for company results in huge benefit for said company.
Hm.
I'm not saying it not true, but it's playing in to an expectation that a lot of people had when they heard about this protest.
So until there's independent evidence, I'll take the specifics of this claim with a dose of salt.
Edit: Suggesting that one be reasonably skeptical of unverified company PR is downvote worthy? Come on...
- timclark 12y agoUber ran full page ads in London's free newspapers yesterday, so it looks like they were planning on benefitting from the controversy.
- paddyoloughlin 12y agoI didn't know that, but I'm not surprised. It was the sensible thing to do. My point is that it is also sensible for Uber to claim that it has resulted in a massive success for their company. It makes themselves seem savvy and the taxi drivers short-sighted. Of course, the goal of the taxi drivers' protest not really about getting people to not use Uber so much as it is about getting the regulators to change their decision that Uber's app doesn't count as a taximeter.