And here I thought I was just being an old fogey for not signing up for the millennials brave new no privacy "sharing" gig economy dystopia.
Who the hell is still using Lyft? And why put up with junk texts 'n' calls, huffs FCC
Dial-a-ride service Lyft has been rapped on the knuckles by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for making customers sign up for a telemarketing list before being able to access the service. The FCC cited Lyft for violating the US Telephone Consumer Protection Act and warned that further penalties could be imposed …
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Friday 11th September 2015 23:21 GMT Lars
Re: Air France does this too
Shit is shit, don't fool your self it's still shit regardless if somebody else is doing it too. I have no information regarding Air France or any other airliner but shit is shit all the same. I have three kids and I am very educated regarding the "he did it first".
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Saturday 12th September 2015 09:42 GMT Anonymous Coward
Uh huh.
Ahh, the old "don't do it again or next time we'll think about punishing you" punishment.
Which, if the FCC dares, will be one of those no-acknowledgement-of-wrongdoing settlements where Lyft pay less in kickbacks (can't call them penalties, since they've been arranged via cosy backroom discussions) than the profit they've made.
Bet they're quaking.
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Saturday 12th September 2015 20:08 GMT kirker
"Who the hell is STILL using Lyft?"
Um, me? I know you blokes in the UK are unfamiliar with it, but Lyft is better in nearly every way than Uber -- and unlike Uber, its C-suite isn't filled with assholes harboring delusions of global domination.
"Why would you put up with junk texts 'n' calls, huffs FCC"
I don't suppose the FCC -- or The Register, for that matter -- checked to see if Lyft was actually *sending* junk texts? I'm a regular user of nearly two years and have received nary *one* junk text from them. In any event, it was most likely a simple error on Lyft's part, one they may not have even realized the implications of when they put it into their TOS. (I think it's safe to say at this stage that both Uber and Lyft have received myriad terrible legal advice.) In the aggregate, Uber has committed VASTLY more affronts to personal privacy, e.g. its parlour-trick "God View" function that it's shown off at private parties which pinpoints the precise location of any given celebrity or politician at that precise moment.