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It's not excusing, it's providing context in a conversation about policy in the corporate, white collar, workplace. Bringing unrelated incidents into the conversation distracts from that.

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Especially when the article implies that consumers might avoid these things by switching to Lyft. Software devs might avoid a malicious HR department by choosing Lyft over Uber, but there's no real reason to think that consumers are going to face different risks with different companies.

Well the corporate culture at Uber is likely the reason why Uber makes claims of background checks, which seem to miss things like felony convictions, and better safety and security than regular taxis, even though when unsafe conditions happen Uber blames the customer rather than trying to accept or fix things.

In other words, Left might be better and safer than Uber not because Lyft has better employees, but because Lyft isn't (necessarily) cutting every possible corner and ignoring everyone's safety and security the way Uber is doing (and always has done).

I think Lyft vets their drivers whereas Uber does not, so there's some chance people would choose it over Uber knowing that.

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