Do you really think the automation governments use don't understand euphemism. Just say piracy.

What are problems that Uber fails to address, that a customer cares about? Twisting words / rules so they can make more money is something public corporations are required to do. They HAVE to maximize shareholder value. Laws set guardrails against that, driven by what society agrees is "right"

Do you... remember taxis?

Yes, public transportation is awesome and I wish it didn't suck where I live. But publicly traded companies are legally obligated to look out for themselves. The problem is government, yo - that's what decides what corpos can't do according to what society feels is "right".

Far-cry-blood-dragon-wave

Eight HOURS?!

Please share a link to the conversation instead of just the screenshot.

The shitty chat bots do need high quality data. This is much better than scraping off reddit, since a glorified auto-complete cannot know that eating rocks is bad for you. You can't retroactively complain after having signed away your rights to something. But you can change things moving forward. If you are incorruptible and don't care about money, start an organization with those values and convince the researchers to join you. Good luck (seriously, I hope you succeed).

It's always possible the friends were in the same league as OP

You said "not" twice, so...

Just because it's possible, doesn't mean it's common.

I think this is a technique for not dying of smoke inhalation during a fire. Sure hope someone's coming to save your ass cuz you're still in a burning building.