Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings
by mrob on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:12PM
(#20041972)
It's "Orwellian" because people are being judged "problem users" without due process. There's no jury of peers, no possibility of appeal, just an opaque judgment from a private company concerned only with their own profit. If a company becomes a de facto monopoly then they are de facto part of the government, and should be held to government standards.
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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings
by wrs on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:35PM
(#20042294)
In the US, at least, they don’t have to be a monopoly to be held to non-discrimination standards. And unless there’s a huge investment in “Uber due process”, this is one-click cloud-powered discrimination.
Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings
by kenpomeroy on Thursday May 30, 2019 @11:08AM
(#20051991)
They quite literally are being judged by a jury of their peers... that is kind of my whole point.