Commerce is political

[drwex]

To my Uber-using readers... if you do not support Drumph's anti-immigrant, refugee-killing, Islamophobic new policies you should consider whether switching from Uber to Lyft is something you can do

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[flexagon]

Email I got from Uber:

"
DELETE MY UBER ACCOUNT

Hi (name) -

You're a valued customer so we're sad to see you go. To delete your account, click here. (This link is valid for 7 days.)

We wanted to let you know that Uber shares your views on the immigration ban: it's unjust, wrong and against everything we stand for as a company. If you want to learn more, click here."

The link went to https://newsroom.uber.com/standing-up-for-the-driver-community/ and I finished deleting my account anyway. I'd been meaning to switch for months and just not gotten around to it... Lyft's donation to the ACLU was the final straw.

[vvalkyri]

On the other side of things, several of the tech folk, including uber, on the policy forum have said they planned a "hey quit that" and uber has announced donations to ACLU as well. This may or may not be because deleteuber was trending. Don't have link handy

[drwex]

Yes, I saw this evening that Uber decided to pitch in. AFAIK their CEO is still on Trump's council. Me-too-ism is nice in this case but it'd be better if they showed some leadership