This article has an interesting angle to it but some of the points made are more opinion than actual objective issues. Uber being the new and disruptive compan

This article has an interesting angle to it but some of the points made are more opinion than actual objective issues. Uber being the new and disruptive company that it is, is of course going to have some kinks and issues along the way. However like any unicorn tech company it's about establishing themselves in the market first and clearing up some things as they go along or at a later date. Name me a breakout tech company that hasn't had some sort of scandal or major issue at some point. Some Of The authors points: "It requires you to let Big Brother track you, with a portable phone." Phones can be traced and pinpointed by big brother regardless of what apps are installed, as long as you've got signal you're not anonymous. Tracking is an integral part of the uber value proposition and experience. "Uber requires you to identify yourself, both to order a cab and to pay." I can't speak for other cities but here in London people do taxi runs, dispute fares just to take the piss and drivers can face racism from passengers. Identification and thus accountability through Uber is refreshing. "Uber also records where you get the cab and where you go with it." So if an Uber Driver was to take a lone women somewhere unrequested, the fact the journey is tracked could only help this women and the police. By law here in the UK cab drivers have to take the quickest route possible, again the tracking provides safety and security for the passenger from being over charged. "Drivers are starting to complain that they’re left with little money for their work." Uber is not for all drivers. Here in London every Uber driver I talk too who has a hybrid electric car loves driving for the company. They make more money from Uber then they did driving for tradition cab companies. If it doesn't work for a driver with a petrol intensive engine, nothing is keeping them tied to the company. "Its practice of identifying passengers enables drivers to find out who the passenger is. This makes some women scared to use Uber." It's practice of identifying cab drivers and their car registration details enables users to have an arsenal of information to hand to the police should a driver be rouge. I cannot help but think that bot the tracking and identification that's so integral into Uber actually creates a safer and more enjoyable experience for users and for drivers. Uber drivers here in London tell me that the people who use Uber tend to be a higher quality and more pleasurable person to drive. I once left a driver with a 1 star rating and someone from uber got in touch with me right away, to say they don't really care about who's driving for them is nonsense.