[bproper]

This seems like cutthroat tactics, but not illegal as far as I can tell. Anyone know if this is by the book?

[greglindahl]

Which book, the lawbook or the ethics book?

[NoPiece]

The article documents recruiting Lyft drivers by riding with them, which is neither unethical nor illegal. It doesn't document cancelling rides, which would definitely be unethical, and should be illegal.

[res0nat0r]

I thought on HN we call working around outdated or laws we don't agree with "disruption"?

[vdaniuk]

Unnecessary generalization. Disruption may or may not have negative externalities. In fact, many externalities of disruptions are positive.

[sgustard]

In fact, disrupt and sabotage are synonyms.

[NoPiece]

No major thesaurus lists sabotage as a synonym for disrupt. A couple have disrupt for sabotage.

[chc]

Whose ethics book says hiring employees from competitors is wrong? Pixar's?

[practicalpants]

Uber ought to be liable to a lawsuit, at least in general for violating Lyft's terms of service with fake accounts on a mass scale.

Along the same lines as the AirBnB spamming controversy, when it was reveled they violated Craigslist's ToS on a large scale to grow their business in the early days.

[masterleep]

It's a federal crime to use a web service against its TOS.