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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by linkregister on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:29PM (#15754007)
I disagree that Lyft would not exist; Lyft invented the UberX category. Originally Kalanick complained about Lyft's creative interpretation of the law, before succumbing to internal employee pressure to introduce a competitor. Years after its introduction, Kalanick admitted that he didn't believe in UberX until it demonstrated its success.

That said, almost all of the notable legislative and regulatory battles were conducted and won by Uber.

The wrongful actions by companies do get forgiven eventually, as toxic executives leave (as in the case of the CEO, Legal Officer, and now the CSO), but no public is foolish enough to immediately absolve any company of wrongdoing. Uber will have a reputation for sexual harassment long after it meets or exceeds the standards of other large companies.

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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by lappet on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:30PM (#15754246)
> Lyft invented the UberX category

In fact, there was a company called SideCar[1] who popularized the idea of ridesharing before Uber and Lyft. There was a time, maybe 2013 or 2014 when I exclusively used Sidecar until Uber became more prominent. Uber was only offering their high end cars at that time.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidecar_(company)

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