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If you look at their wikipedia page, the section 'criticism' [1] lists a variety of issues. You'd expect criticism from incumbent taxi companies, and perhaps you also expect sketchy labor practices, and a few fatal accidents and rapes. But the problems also include user privacy issues, threats to journalists, and attempts to sabotage their competitors.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uber_%28company%2...

Wait til they deploy their self driving cars and sell all that data to the relevant government.

They've done some moronic things, yes. But 'ethically bankrupt' is a big stretch. All in all, Uber has created 50bn of market value. They've done that by making drivers and riders lives better than it was before.

Saying "Is Uber morally bankrupt?" is just the same as saying "Is the Pope Catholic?" by now.

Rides of glory?