Uber's Business and Privacy Practices Causes Concern

LMember 0230 on 25/11/2014 - 10:04

Good morning all. There's currently a great deal of concern about Uber's business and privacy practices, and I thought it was worth ozbargainers knowing of them, nicely summarised by a Macworld post — http://www.macworld.com/article/2848628/why-you-should-delet…

I do not endorse or disapprove of Uber or their competitors, never having used them, but the management don't seem to be the nicest people to deal with.

It would be VERY interesting to hear from Uber drivers what they think. And Uber users for that matter.

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  • Gunther on 25/11/2014 - 10:15
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    Meh – I like Uber! Only used it once and the ride was are around 30% cheaper than a normal taxi.
    The driver was really personable and friendly. Even let us drink soft drink in her car and offered us bottled water.

    I have also terminated an account that I setup as a mistake (business credit card on personal account). One email and Uber promptly deleted my account and data within the hour.

    Zero complaints about Uber – imho lots of people butt hurt for no reason.

    • snappy1234 on 25/11/2014 - 10:20

      Yep that linked article was the same YAWN

  • snappy1234 on 25/11/2014 - 10:21

    Wasn't there another Uber thread somewhere on here ?

  • Malarkey on 25/11/2014 - 11:09

    I think you'll find a lot of the negative news about Uber are coming from the Taxi union, any competition is good competition imo, a lot of my female friends only use Uber to get home after a night out now, so many terrible taxi drivers(read, asking for a bj at the end of the trip) compared to the relative safety of being able to sit inside a bar and see when your ride is outside waiting.

    I'm all for them, and personally take most news articles about them with a grain of salt.

    • Gunther on 25/11/2014 - 13:06

      Would that method of payment be classed as an Ozbargain saving?

  • ProjectZero on 25/11/2014 - 12:19

    TBH, was thinking of joining up to do this for the weekends to make a quick buck. So much bad publicity atm so I'm abit hesitate.

    That and I don't want drunk idiots spewing up in my car lol…

  • mini2 on 25/11/2014 - 13:27

    There's truckload of people tracking our movements, what's another app gonna change?

    For the record, I don't use Uber or even contemplate using them.

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