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The saddest thing is that you missed a couple: - Pushing drivers into subprime loans [4][5] - Enabling "god view" to allow party attendees to watch "important
by jen_h 12y ago
The saddest thing is that you missed a couple:
- Pushing drivers into subprime loans [4][5]
- Enabling "god view" to allow party attendees to watch "important people" move around New York in real time [6][7]
I wasn't tracking and didn't really know anything about this stuff (except for [3]) until last night. All I knew was that my little sis got gouged a lot with the price point changes and that when I tried to use it, I ran into so many basic issues with the app, including accepting payment methods (they managed to SMS and email ads to me immediately, though) that I resorted to the local taxi apps, which did the trick and I never went back. Now, I may check out Lyft.
[4] http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/11/06/3589715/uber-lending-investigation/ http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/11/06/3589715/uber-len...
[5] http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-and-its-shady-partners-are-pushing-drivers-into-su-1649936785 http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-and-its-shady-partners-are-...
[6]http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/03/god-view-uber-allegedly-stalked-users-for-party-goers-viewing-pleasure/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/03/god-view-...
[7]https://medium.com/@petersimsie/can-we-trust-uber-c0e793deda36 https://medium.com/@petersimsie/can-we-trust-uber-c0e793deda...