[kbenson]

It might be (as long as we expand that definition to cover tech workers or tech industry aware people in other areas as well). I live an hour North of SF, and even there, if I mention I don't like to use Uber out of principle because of their past behavior and misdeeds, the question I invariably get is "Oh, like what? I haven't heard anything."

Whatever Uber did to paper over what news of their misdeeds reached general cultural consciousness (if any...) seems to have worked for the most part. That's a shame, since I truly believe there should be much harsher repercussions for their blatant disregard of the law over an extended period and the pain and problems it caused to many.

I suspect if the market was working efficiently, Uber would have a lot more problems and be in a much worse position than they are (efficient markets assume good information, and if people don't know what Uber's done, they can't make an informed decision).