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Re:Uber, after buying Postmates, lays off more than 180 empl... by throw_m239339 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:19AM (#25889799)
Companies like Uber who dance with the law, have their executives arrested abroad like in France or Canada, or implement schemes to evade local officials building cases against them, must have a huge legal (and costly) department.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-...

https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-france-leaders-arrest...

If I attempted to do that same in my home country without a huge VC backing thus very good lawyers, I'd be shut down in no time and sent to jail.

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Re:Uber, after buying Postmates, lays off more than 180 empl... by fock on Sunday January 24, 2021 @03:07AM (#25890287)
Yeah and it even gets better that they now have a direct connection to the US (Vice) President. Just, what could go wrong with that and mob-like anticompetitive behavior...
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