[ssambros]

> Now obviously Uber is a private company

No, they are not. Uber went public this month.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1543151/000119312519...

[crazygringo]

"Private" in the sense of "not government-owned".

As opposed to public agencies such as the Post Office, or a quasi-public corporation such as Amtrak.