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Re:Federal judge rips Uber apart over dirt-digging investiga... by ctvo on Friday July 29, 2016 @04:49PM (#12189867)
I was going to type a reply about how I'll never take another Uber (not only due to this, but everything else associated with that brand too), but I realized I'd be lying. It's too convenient and available in locations lacking alternatives. My moral outrage won't stop me drunk and wanting to get home to give them more money.
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Re:Federal judge rips Uber apart over dirt-digging investiga... by eridius on Friday July 29, 2016 @05:02PM (#12189965)
I deleted Uber off of my phone a long time ago. Everywhere that I've traveled to since then has had perfectly decent Lyft coverage. I'm under no illusion that Lyft is a saint of a company, but they're a hell of a lot better than Uber.
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Re:Federal judge rips Uber apart over dirt-digging investiga... by rabboRubble on Friday July 29, 2016 @05:10PM (#12190020)
Try Lyft. The drivers make more money too!
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Re:Federal judge rips Uber apart over dirt-digging investiga... by kafkaesq on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:39PM (#12190571)
I'll step in an Uber in exceptional cases (basically only when someone else is ordering and I don't want to start a scene), but that's about it. Otherwise, I'll use Lyft or whatever local alternatives might be available, if at all possible.
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Re:Federal judge rips Uber apart over dirt-digging investiga... by pjlegato on Friday July 29, 2016 @04:50PM (#12189882)
If it makes you feel any better, most taxi companies are even more reprehensible than Uber. They just operate at much smaller scale, so nobody notices.
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Re:Federal judge rips Uber apart over dirt-digging investiga... by rhizome on Friday July 29, 2016 @04:55PM (#12189919)
The reprehensibility of taxi companies is a big reason why Uber was invented. That said, as with their drivers and corporate practices, Uber and taxi companies are converging on a mean behavior level that in my case has rendered Uber expendable.
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