Company

Uber

563 mentions in 254 episodes

A ride service discussed in connection with automated driver account deactivations and Waymo rides in Austin.

Mentions

86: Recycle Bin Zero

  • 37:52

    let's have a little chat about Uber

  • 40:39

    the ACLU's article on the lessons of Uber privacy scandal

  • 41:58

    Uber brought their whole Godview thing to light

85: You and I are Pilgrims of the Grid

  • 15:50

    It's been a rough week for Uber.

  • 16:41

    The Emil Michael kerfuffle where he suggested that they basically start a black ops team.

  • 20:44

    Executives using the God view where they can see everybody's history and all their private info.

83: The Grump Awakens

  • 5:46

    $539 Uber bill.

  • 8:01

    helping people who want to become Uber drivers, get cars

  • 9:02

    Uber says is the mean amount of money that you can make as a driver

82: I Can Haz Ubercorn?

  • 11:16

    I have been, like I said, kind of a one-man anti-Uber campaign.

  • 12:34

    They cited $90,000 as the median annual income of a driver for UberX in New York City.

  • 13:43

    We can’t make any money with this reduced rate.

80: Mmmmm, Cloud Bacon!

  • 32:08

    my hatred for Uber

  • 32:51

    my biggest pet peeve which is surge pricing

79: A Smorgasbord of Stupid

  • 13:27

    I see that you want to argue with me about Uber again.

  • 14:00

    they did a poll on a bunch of economists

77: Ello Clarice...

  • 58:48

    My experience with Uber was I did not get a bottle of water.

  • 59:06

    UberX, never. Uber Black, yes.

  • 59:47

    Surge pricing is the biggest ripoff in the world.

76: Preferably, Without You...

  • 14:05

    I left my Uber cherry in San Francisco.

  • 14:55

    I hate not knowing what I'm paying.

  • 16:41

    I have issues with Uber's business practices.

74: Dear Hackers, Go Fap Yourself...

  • 8:58

    Also making the news again is Uber.

  • 9:51

    an entire country of Germany has banned Uber from operating

  • 10:43

    they're trying to take all of the Uber black drivers and knock them down to the UberX people

  • 11:02

    they're all just contractors and they're not getting any kind of benefits

72: The Grumpy Old Geeks Nominate You!

  • 31:31

    Strangers keep getting into other people's cars because they think it's their Uber or Lyft.

71: Too Soon?

  • 27:35

    Lyft has just accused Uber of ordering and canceling over 5,000 Lyft rides.

  • 27:52

    Uber is opening up an API soon

62: Quantified Laziness

  • 22:34

    They raised $1.2 billion, but $17 billion valuation

  • 24:03

    I'm an Uber fan. I'm a huge Uber fan.

60: It Could Be Sunshine

  • 15:01

    Uber released some numbers this week saying that 20,000 jobs are created on their platform every month

  • 15:37

    There's no way that you're making 90 grand a year in New York City driving an Uber.

57: Time, Ain't On My Side

  • 38:52

    you're not sharing with uber or lyft or airbnb

  • 42:07

    things like like lyft and uber and driving around