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[–] dsmk@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Since users choose their gender in the app, this has some potential to be used for more nefarious purposes, no?

Not a big fan of discriminatory options like this, btw.

[–] flumph@programming.dev -4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Explain how sorting the list of available passengers by gender is discrimination? It's being rolled out in huge metropolitan markets so there will be enough drivers for everyone to get one.

[–] bou@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@flumph if they allowed sorting the list by race, instead of by gender... would you understand how it's discrimination, then?

[–] flumph@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The protected category doesn't matter, I don't see how anyone is getting a leg up or being held back by the feature.

[–] bou@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@flumph so, if there was a button that allowed drivers to prioritize white passengers, but there wasn't one to prioritize black passengers, that wouldn't be discriminatory to you?

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