I follow reddit Austin as well and while the sleaziness of Uber&#x27;s actions is apparent to many, they also have a lot of fans. Recently it came out that one of the councilpersons who resisted Uber had a recall petition filed against her by some notorious political operatives (1,2) and with that, the pro-Uber voices seem to have died down as the identity of the operatives became known. It was never clear if the pro voices are shills or genuine fans as traditional taxi services have genuine issues.<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Austin&#x2F;comments&#x2F;43fco8&#x2F;can_someone_set_me_straight_on_the_battle_between&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Austin&#x2F;comments&#x2F;43fco8&#x2F;can_someone_...</a>
2: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Austin&#x2F;comments&#x2F;46q8z5&#x2F;ann_kitchen_says_people_with_austin4all_came_to&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Austin&#x2F;comments&#x2F;46q8z5&#x2F;ann_kitchen_...</a>