[jeltz]

Uber acted in the same shitty way and ran illegal taxis and price dumped even in places which did not have monopolies. This is their modus operandi, illegally enter new markets and then paying the fines and starting to follow the law once caught.

[mlnj]

Exactly. There should be additional penalties each time a parent entity operates this way across regions. Right now 180M is just the cost of doing business in a country for Uber. There is less incentive to not operate illegally for other players.

[hyperpape]

$180M is 10% of Uber’s global net income for 2023. Sure seems like a lot for one country.

Also, it looks like it wasn’t even for Australia as a whole, just one state?

[mlnj]

Uber's global revenue was $22.5B in just the year 2023. This class action lawsuit has been dragging on since 2019. I completely get the 'regulatory capture' aspect everyone is supporting Uber for but breaking laws and regulations as a M.O. needs to be dealt with more than a slap on the wrist.

[Staple_Diet]

That's revenue my man. Uber's last quarter income from operations was $658m. So $180m isn't far off 10%. Also look at same time the year before, they are way in the hole. This fine will hurt them (if they ever have to pay it).

https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-det...

[thaumasiotes]

Why would you want the other players to not operate illegally?