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		kmfrk on April 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber Stockholm throw a PR-tantrum when refused unf... Maybe they saw the manufactured outrage as a good PR opportunity. That only lasts so long, until people get tired of it and start looking into the details, of course.

untog on April 26, 2013 [–]

This definitely seems to have been Uber's tactic since the day they launched. In SF it worked because the taxi industry is an unholy mess, but that isn't replicable everywhere.

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