Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities

Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by TeMPOraL on Friday May 05, 2017 @04:41AM (#14271971)

> some people are just too stupid and they'll hurt themselves and complain about it

It's not just about stupid people. It's also about people who get deceived by marketing (i.e. all of us, in some way, at some point). It's also about the market adjusting prices so that the unsafe option will be the only option available for some people, while true costs are externalized onto society.

But the point still is, as you say, we regulate a lot of things for good reason.

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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by th4dv on Friday May 05, 2017 @07:44AM (#14272673)

> It's also about the market adjusting prices

Yes, but it'll work the other way around - the "safe option" will become cheaper, otherwise services that provide it will go out of business. What makes you think that "unsafe option will be the only option available for some people". Feels a bit like you're demonising the free market.

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