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California May Ban Lyft And Uber From AI Price Gouging Users With Low Phone Batteries
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this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2025
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Look, does it really matter whether they do or not? If a company is morally bankrupt enough to conduct business like this in the first place, it's a certainty they'll just find some other novel way to be flaming assholes.
If you don't want to get cheated, stop doing business with thieves and liars.
Personally, I’d rather have a robust and up-to-date set of consumer protections rather than leaving everything up to ‘buyer beware’.
That would be ideal of course, but this is the US we're talking about, so it seems unlikely that you'll have them.
They should just lie down and give up then I guess?
Just transfer every cent they own into the hands of the Trumps/Musks/Cooks/Zuckerbergs/Bezos/Pichais of the world and get it over with, why bother trying?
I'm suggesting they should refuse to use the services of companies that act like this.
It also seems unlikely that you'll find any businesses who aren't being liars and cheats here.