Fowler has probably received a letter from an Uber hired lawyer asking her to take down the blog and threatening to sue her for damages.
Why else would she hire a lawyer? I see no other reason why she would hire a lawyer except to respond to a scary letter on scary letterhead that was probably personally served to her doorstep. (Which alone is a horrible experience one wishes on no one.)
It includes an affiliate code ("tag=susanfowler-20"). I don't know how much that would pay out but I assume she'd end up with more if you just sent her $1. (I'm hoping she provides a way for others to contribute towards her legal costs.)
Why does a user have to email a company to delete their account? How is that consumer friendly, especially after Uber lets your account get hacked/1k stolen!
This happened to me (I never used Uber.. signed up and forgot about it) and in my research I found out they know about the hacks and their PR message is its the user's fault for using a lame password.
What a horrible company.. run by the worst vile, corrupt, arrogant sociopaths ever!
It's an internet service .. I don't need to send an email to Facebook, twitter, etc to have my account canceled. Uber should be no different unless there's a pending charge then tell the user you can cancel after payment has cleared ...not wait until we feel like emailing you to handle your request because WE WANT TO LOCK YOU IN! I was and am still furious that I was unable to cancel my phantom Uber account immediately after my bank account got hacked.
Any web service following this scheme is not doing it for their users but for themselves!!!
The full tweet is: "Uber names/blames me for account deletes, and has a different law firm -not Holders - investigating me. I have hired"
"Uber names/blames me for account deletes" is a pretty bold claim, and doesn't feel like a routine investigation.