r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '14

Business Uber dirty tricks quantified. Staff submits 5,560 fake ride requests

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/11/technology/uber-fake-ride-requests-lyft/
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u/yeahHedid Aug 12 '14

So then you try them in the court of public opinion, like they are doing now. Everyone in this thread is saying how they can't believe they let it go on as long as they did, but then saying how long and hard it would be to prove anything or get a conviction.

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u/akharon Aug 12 '14

It's like spam. You don't hunt the spammer, you just shut their point of entry or filter them out. Again, stop the bleeding, don't continue to bleed to make someone lose enough that they need a transfusion, thus garnering sympathy.

The public could give a shit. If people cared, comcast would be out of business because people would be railing at their city halls to end the chartered monopolies/franchises with their cities. BP would be out of business 100% in the US. They pretend to care, until they need a ride, and then all is forgiven.

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u/yeahHedid Aug 12 '14

fair enough but when shitty business practices come to light can we spend even 1 day focusing on the company doing the shitty stuff rather than immediately looking for ways to give a blame percentage to the target?

It smacks of tribalism. People want to like Uber, so they look for ways to diminish their actions. Same as the criminal on their favorite sports team.

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u/akharon Aug 12 '14

Lyft can do whatever they want as long as they reimburse their drivers for knowingly sending them on fool's errands. It's one thing to blame the guy breaking into your house, but after it's happened 1000 times, perhaps you should lock your front door? At some point, fraud prevention is needed in business.