Cory Doctorow Says Uber Is Going Down
But the problem with Uber wasn’t just that it was a rapey, crimey, crooked grift – the other problem with Uber is that it is doomed, and only exists today because of accounting fraud. Khosrowshahi didn’t fix that part. He’s not going to fix that part.
Glowing lifestyle profiles aren’t the only weapon in Uber’s propaganda arsenal. It makes a routine practice of sponsoring dubious academic work to give it the veneer of sustainability, then overstating the studies already-charitable conclusions to a gullible press.
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