Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
by adrianmonk on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:12PM
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And this actually gave Uber cover to do a lot of stupid stuff.
For one thing, because cabs were so bad, Uber was able to do a lot of stupid and scummy things yet still be way better than cabs.
Also, it had an interesting effect PR-wise. For a long time, whenever I heard something negative about Uber, I just assumed it was taxi industry shills making up ridiculous lies. Because there definitely were taxi industry shills going around (online, newspapers, etc.) and making up ridiculous lies about Uber. Later I understood that some of the negative stuff I was hearing about Uber was a huge lie and some of it was totally true.
For one thing, because cabs were so bad, Uber was able to do a lot of stupid and scummy things yet still be way better than cabs.
Also, it had an interesting effect PR-wise. For a long time, whenever I heard something negative about Uber, I just assumed it was taxi industry shills making up ridiculous lies. Because there definitely were taxi industry shills going around (online, newspapers, etc.) and making up ridiculous lies about Uber. Later I understood that some of the negative stuff I was hearing about Uber was a huge lie and some of it was totally true.