[maxander]

Well, there's the bit where the "free market" has kept valuing Uber at absurd levels despite it being not financially viable. Also that the report from the "disgruntled employee" dovetailed well with what people already knew about the company from word of mouth, and with gender politics issues that have been a problem in SF since forever. Also that the "exploited employee" isn't even an employee, since Uber is fighting like a cornered wolf in court to keep them classified as contractors so that they don't have any of the rights and benefits that they would otherwise be entitled to in a first-world workforce.

I mean, like the article said, Uber has done some great things, and the world will be better in its wake; ride sharing was a thing that needed to be invented, and it needed someone as forceful as Kalanick to be deployed. But if you honestly think that its modus operandi is standard fare, you're the one with the cynical outlook on capitalism and big business.

[dk8996]

Why am I always reading that Uber is not financially viable? I haven't seen anyone proven this to be true. Take my trip tonight for example. Sunday night, 7pm, 5.17 miles and 16 min ride cost 17$. If you calculate the the cost, gas: about .50$, driver time: at 50$/hr fro 16 min ride is about 13$. The total cost 13.50, Uber gets 3.5$ for my ride. This sounds very good to me.