[eridius]

Interesting, an Uber driver hits someone (while not even on a trip), they release a blog post that starts with condolences to the family, and apparently a lot of people (i.e. hacker news commenters) get upset at Uber.

A Lyft driver hits someone (while active on a trip), Lyft doesn't issue a blog post (a news story contained a paraphrased "statement from Lyft", but I see nothing on Lyft's own blog), and hacker news doesn't seem to care.

This strikes me as pretty strange.

[smackfu]

An accident that kills someone vs. an accident that I'm surprised got an article written about it.

[eridius]

You're right, Lyft's accident was much more minor. It's clear it was only in the news because of the connection to a car service. My point was basically just that hacker news these days always seems intent on painting Uber in the worst possible light, even when they issue a public statement that starts with condolences to the victim's family, but they don't seem to care about what happens with other car services. It seems only recently that everyone was in love with Uber, but I guess now it's the goliath that needs to be taken down?