Men are experts at evading responsibility for their actions – looking at you Trump, Brock Turner, etc. – and this week there is no better example of that than the French businessman who is blaming Uber for his divorce. Yes, that Uber.
He is suing the ridesharing app company for €45 million. He says Uber sent his wife notifications about his trips without his permission, which aroused suspicions he was being unfaithful and in turn led to the end of his marriage.
The fact that he was unfaithful to his wife apparently had no bearing on the end of his marriage. No, it was definitely the app.
A French businessman claimed Uber was at fault for his divorce… not the fact that he was cheating on his wife. Image via NBC
The man, who hails from from Côte d’Azur in the south of France, says a glitch in the app resulted in his wife continuing to receive notifications whenever he took a ride, despite him having logged out of his Uber account on her phone.
Using the locations from the app, his wife was able to figure out he was having extra-marital encounters.
Now, it’s arguably a safety issue if phones can continue to receive data on your location despite having logged out from the app. But can you really blame an app for the end of your divorce, especially when you were cheating? Well, that remains to be seen. But this man is sure going to try.
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The initial hearing for the case is slated for next month. An Uber spokesperson declined to speak to French newspaper Le Figaro about the case, saying, “Uber doesn’t publicly comment on individual cases, and especially those which concern things such as a divorce procedure.”
And while this case could possibly spiral into more complaints against the company – which just saw a widespread boycott over response to Trump’s immigration ban and the CEO’s position as a member of his economic advisory team – Android users need not worry.
Any philandering done on their part will remain a secret, as the issue seems to only affect iPhone iOS versions of the app that have been updated after December 16.
