How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide

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The question is, did they really have to engage in these tactics to "win"? This just makes Uber sound another notch less moral and legal to everyone further making it look like the evil corp. It's like their motto is the opposite of Google's 'Do no Evil'.

And I guess the other question here is: does this matter for people (i.e. consumers)? I would argue that given two equivalent choices, one would vote for the one with better reputation, so yes, it matters

Given #deleteuber, it clearly matters to some consumers. I suspect that it matters enough to give competitors another few % of the market per major fiasco, but not enough to alter the overall trajectory of the market.

Yeah, but I guess that they could also be winning even without shady tactics

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