rotflmao

This. Make some company out to be the boogeyman du jour, then tell that lie often enough until most people believe it and it has spread all the way around the world with no chance of the truth catching up. It's bullshit, and I'm amazed that so many HNers that typically express healthy skepticism fall for it.

1) I don't post with my account in flamewar topics because of fanboy downvotes.

2) The article omits pretty much any important detail that is in favor of this boogeyman company so readers assume the absolute worst. Check out pfarnsworth's comments here to see that this is actually a ruling very much in Uber's favor. He did a better job of commenting than me.

I'm also pro-Apple, pro-Monsanto, pro-Facebook and pro-every-other-company journalists love to hate and only tell one side of the story because I've personally seen my company maligned unfairly by the media.

Uber is allowed to continue working on and using LIDAR. The article has intentionally mislead you because Uber is every journalist's favorite boogeyman right now.