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Re:Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch by rajacombinator on Friday August 28, 2015 @05:33AM (#10134475)
Uber may be the one company that is so ethically bankrupt that foreign copycats actually have the moral high ground. Hilarious that Emil guy still works there. And they're in bed with DoD now too? Bring on the Chinese clones ...
Re:Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch by dylanjermiah on Friday August 28, 2015 @05:58AM (#10134545)
How are they 'ethically bankrupt'?
Re:Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch by michaelt on Friday August 28, 2015 @06:20AM (#10134611)
If you look at their wikipedia page, the section 'criticism' [1] lists a variety of issues. You'd expect criticism from incumbent taxi companies, and perhaps you also expect sketchy labor practices, and a few fatal accidents and rapes. But the problems also include user privacy issues, threats to journalists, and attempts to sabotage their competitors.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uber_%28company%2...

Re:Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch by dylanjermiah on Monday August 31, 2015 @08:41AM (#10146531)
They've done some moronic things, yes. But 'ethically bankrupt' is a big stretch. All in all, Uber has created 50bn of market value. They've done that by making drivers and riders lives better than it was before.
Re:Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch by Lawtonfogle on Friday August 28, 2015 @10:52AM (#10135725)
Wait til they deploy their self driving cars and sell all that data to the relevant government.
Re:Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch by venomsnake on Friday August 28, 2015 @07:24AM (#10134804)
Rides of glory?
Re:Uber just closed a $1B round of funding for its China branch by notNow on Friday August 28, 2015 @06:31AM (#10134642)
Saying "Is Uber morally bankrupt?" is just the same as saying "Is the Pope Catholic?" by now.