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lmm on June 22, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bill Gurley Is Leaving Uber’s Board

What's striking and weird is that flagrant illegal activity as a core part of their business model never seemed to matter, but now this huge upheval is happening in response to a small amount of (sure, illegal) personal behaviour.

_lqaf on June 22, 2017 | [–]

One of the cultural sicknesses the U.S. suffers from. If you win, all is forgiven. If you lose, there must be something wrong with you.

pjc50 on June 22, 2017 | [–]

Uber made a lot of enemies, so as soon as it tripped they've all jumped on the opportunity.

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