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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by twblalock on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:59PM (#13085877)
> Why not collect all the information you possibly can, whether or not you immediately see obvious value to it, and then find ways to justify it later?

Because it's non-trivial and it costs a lot of money to do that, in terms of engineers' salaries, storage, etc.

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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by visakanv on Thursday December 01, 2016 @11:12PM (#13085942)
> it costs a lot of money to do that

Well they _have_ raised $15,000,000,000 in cash: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/business/dealbook/why-uber...

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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by twblalock on Friday December 02, 2016 @02:11AM (#13086748)
Well-run companies don't waste money just because they are flush with cash -- especially not when that cash represents board members who want their investment to pay off, not be frittered away on something with no business value.
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