After all the recent scandals in Uber, how has Google not pushed for a complete overhaul of Uber's leadership already? It has become pretty clear the current leadership has some "issues".

Well I mean, is it actually causing any problems for Uber?

Uber has what's pretty close to a monopoly in what it offers, apart from a few cities in the US where Lyft also operates. I would say most people that user Uber are not interested in using the regular local taxi service.

I spoke to a Lyft/Uber driver today in NCY. He said that Uber's losing drivers every day here — about 5% (I don't know where he got those numbers from). He also mentioned that Uber are flat out lying about how much drivers earn, and in some months drivers that aren't on Uber's "favourites" list end up owing Uber for renting the gear instead of earning money.

This reputation is definitely damaging, and it's common knowledge here. Drivers bitch about it. They recommend Lyft.

I'm always very cautious of taking what opinion from HN (and others in 'tech') and extrapolating them out to the general population, so I read what you say (and my own opinion) with a grain of salt.

But like, Uber is in 230 cities around the world. Here in Australia I believe they added over 1000 new drivers over the past month. Here, Uber is the alternative. There is no Lyft or Sidecar - mainly because alternatives are too scared of legal action from government - ridesharing is essentially illegal here, but Uber plays the we're-waiting-for-the-law-to-catch-up card regardless.

How would a driver come about these numbers? And 5% per day? Pretty sure you were talking to someone not in the know.

I'm sure the turnover for Uber is high. I would expect that for that type of job, regardless of the apparent ethical makeup of the company's executives.

"the gear" huh? Exactly what "gear" do they rent?

well technically speaking google venture invested in uber

That's a multihundredmillion reason to cut them some slack ;)

It might be worth taking the hit...

If anything, that might make them pull it quicker.

If the analysis holds up, it would be very bad publicity to appear complicit.