Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “DeleteUber” campaign

Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by madeofpalk on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @06:03AM (#13529541)

> This is a fine example of a union strike harming people.

IMHO every strike is about "harming people". That's the point. When the bus drivers in my city strike, they do it to cause mass inconvenience to get people to notice and get a message across.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by kelnos on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @06:46AM (#13529738)

In this case, my stance is they're harming the people they're intending to support/help.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by Tritrin on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:18AM (#13530246)

I'm sort of baffled by your reasoning. You believe that they are "harming" the people by protesting with them?

I mean honestly, you think that one hour (not several hours as you posted) of protesting to show solidarity with the people being detained. One hour of looking the people you are trying to help in the eye and saying "We're with you! You are not alone." is somehow "harming" the people they're trying to help?

Maybe you feel that you can save the world behind a keyboard but most of us would, I think, disagree. You have to show support with actions, not just words.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by FeepingCreature on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:22AM (#13531907)

I think the choice of actions matters too. If people aren't going to think seriously about the consequences of their actions instead of just going along for fear of being branded strikebreakers, I'd rather they limited themselves to words. At least that way they won't cause that much damage.

No opinion on the specific case, I just find your proposal overbroad.

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