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Uber continued to pick up people at JFK when taxi cab drivers were striking. As a response, Lyft donated $1 million to the ACLU, so everyone jumped on the delete Uber/use Lyft bandwagon. Disclaimer: I'm more of a subway kind of guy, I don't use either and don't necessarily think we should be focusing on Uber and Lyft to make our political views seen. There are probably better boycotts out there.

Uber continued to pick up people at JFK when taxi cab drivers were striking.

Did Lyft do otherwise? That's not my understanding.

Lyft donated $1 million to the ACLU

Lyft has so far (presumably) donated $250k to the ACLU. They pledged $1 million over four years. And you know what? Good on 'em!

Uber had already pledged to fight the immigration ban directly on behalf of affected drivers, to the tune of $3 million. I love the ACLU, but I'm not sure I'd bet on their lawyers over Uber's, and getting both mobilized sounds like a win.

I'm more of a subway kind of guy

The subway to the airport was refusing to accept non-ticketed passengers during the planned protest (some time after the taxi strike).

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