[yestoallthat]

While I don't like the company either, I wouldn't be surprised if competing companies had some PR peeps trying to stoke the flames. Why would they pass it up?

[tyingq]

Stoking the flames, perhaps, but...

"Greyball and the broader VTOS program were described to The New York Times by four current and former Uber employees"

The employees, current and former, are lighting the fires.