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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by mindcrime on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:15PM (#13786667)
Also, corporations - as a rule - don't have huge armies made up of many people with guns, tanks, jet fighters, nuclear bombs, etc., which they can use to impose their will on you.

It's a lot easier to divest yourself of a bad relationship with a company, than a nation-state.

(And no, "move" isn't a reasonable response to this, so don't waste your digital breath with any Somalia references).

Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by devdas on Sunday March 05, 2017 @06:08PM (#13799434)
They were divested of this for good reasons.

http://history.stackexchange.com/questions/30739/is-there-a-... is a good starting point

Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by st3v3r on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:11PM (#13787784)
Yeah, no. Move is about as reasonable as any other libertarian nonsense.
Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by rpdillon on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:43PM (#13787986)
It seems reasonable to say switching cost is higher when it comes to citizenship than it is with which company you choose to get a taxi from.