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Re:Uber is officially a cab firm, says European court by brixon on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @05:02PM (#15974268)
You are confusing legality with ethics. Ethically, Uber has a lot to be desired.

Uber is a US based company and will try to follow the capitalistic model as much as possible unless restricted by local laws. I would never make an assumption that a US based company's goal is to do good. Assume they are out to maximize profit no matter where they operate. If they seem to do good then there is a driver in their business model where this leads to more profits than doing bad.

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Re:Uber is officially a cab firm, says European court by Nursie on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:43AM (#15979535)
>> You are confusing legality with ethics.

In this case I'm not sure I am - if there are laws that companies need to follow, even if they are not always strictly or consistently enforced, I would consider it the legal obligation of a company to follow them.

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