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Uber's Sydney Debacle Is Yet More Reason for Cities to Regulate It
In challenging local regulations, the ride service has gone too far in undermining public safety.
Amid the horror of the ongoing hostage situation in Sydney's central business district, somehow the ride service Uber has managed to add itself to the list of bad guys. As demand to leave the city center increased during the early hours of the crisis, so too did Uber fares, in line with the company's surge pricing policy—eventually reaching a minimum of $100, according to Mashable. In response to some pushback, Uber offered this incredibly thoughtless explanation:
That led to a predictable onslaught of much-deserved criticism that hasn't let up, with some Twitter users calling this the last straw: