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Regular_John · 02-22-2016, 07:27 PM

I gotta say, I'm more then a little surprised to see Uber dropping the ball from a PR perspective this time. Up until this point they've been playing the public sentiment like a fiddle, not some second rent fiddle either, we're talking top tier philharmonic level fiddle playing.

But man this most recent play is a complete 180 from the way the wind blows. "Give in to our demands are you're not invited to my birthday party!" level stuff.

But as others have said, if Lyft, or some other player decides to play by the new rules, then Uber will follow suit. The ruthless capitalism in their blood won't leave a market unserviced by them.

02-22-2016, 07:27 PM	#1639
Regular_John First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Calgary Exp:	I gotta say, I'm more then a little surprised to see Uber dropping the ball from a PR perspective this time. Up until this point they've been playing the public sentiment like a fiddle, not some second rent fiddle either, we're talking top tier philharmonic level fiddle playing. But man this most recent play is a complete 180 from the way the wind blows. "Give in to our demands are you're not invited to my birthday party!" level stuff. But as others have said, if Lyft, or some other player decides to play by the new rules, then Uber will follow suit. The ruthless capitalism in their blood won't leave a market unserviced by them.