Here's why everyone is deleting Uber after the US immigrant ban protests

On Saturday night, in unity with Trump's immigration ban, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance introduced a transient work halt:

NO PICKUPS @ JFK Airport 6 PM to 7 PM nowadays. Drivers stand in cohesion with thousands protesting inhumane & unconstitutional #MuslimBan.

— NY Taxi Workers (@NYTWA) January 28, 2017

In response, famous ridesharing carrier Uber persevered to perform normally, selling that they would not be the use of surge pricing

Surge pricing has been grew to become off at #JFK Airport. This may also bring about longer wait instances. Please be patient.

— Uber NYC (@Uber_NYC) January 29, 2017

The Internet did now not take kindly to this, accusing Uber of capitalising on an crucial message of harmony. Almost right now, #deleteuber started out trending.

Last night I logged in to #deleteuber. Felt reluctance for a split second. Then remembered the Bernard Law Montgomery Bus Boycott & felt ashamed. %.Twitter.Com/D9WEtmkz6W

— wikipedia brown (@eveewing) January 29, 2017

Uber, I've used you for the last 4 years weekly, but now... 'you are fired' #DELETEYourUberAcct #DeleteUber #lyft percent.Twitter.Com/9bTs7CIrKh

— ahashmi (@ahashmi) January 29, 2017

Reminder: @Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is a member of Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum. #GrabYourWallet #DeleteUber https://t.co/ggkZTF2YHG

— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) January 29, 2017

Meanwhile, their essential competitor, Lyft, introduced on Sunday that it'll donate a million dollars to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) to "guard our charter."

In other altruistic acts from Silicon Valley bigwigs, Airbnb is presenting is imparting unfastened housing to immigrants and refugees.

Here's specific, easy-to-observe instructions on how to delete your account:

Uber will then routinely delete your account. You need to additionally manually delete the app out of your smartphone.

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