It's the difference between offense and defense. Lyft played the game clean until Uber made clear that they wouldn't.
If you're up against a well-funded sociopath who plays dirty, you can't just sit there and be Mr. Nice Guy. It's not an option.
That said, it doesn't surprise me to see a regular Uber supporter smearing Lyft even here in the comments. Actually, it would've surprised me if you hadn't jumped in on the side of Uber, given your alignment.
I was only asking because in the US, if you're a passenger in improperly insured car, you're pretty much fucked.
Private health insurance won't cover you. The driver's auto insurance won't cover you. Your private auto insurance won't cover you.
There simply isn't a generally available american insurance policy which provides coverage for catastrophic injuries that occur while in a private vehicle that's being driven commercially.
It saddens (but doesn't surprise) me that you felt free to jump to an unsupported, bigoted conclusion, and then to spew hatred at me. Typical HN. Asshole.
The thing that strikes me is that John Allspaw provides literally zero examples of how the constraints of a monolith provide any benefit. He asserts they do and walks away.
If you're up against a well-funded sociopath who plays dirty, you can't just sit there and be Mr. Nice Guy. It's not an option.
That said, it doesn't surprise me to see a regular Uber supporter smearing Lyft even here in the comments. Actually, it would've surprised me if you hadn't jumped in on the side of Uber, given your alignment.