> In the show it was used to portray how vile commercial sabotage can be, even to the consumer.

Regardless about how you feel about Uber or its competitors, I do not believe they actually endorse rape or are capable of hatching a plot to plan a real life rape to occur as a publicity stunt. This is what was described in this thread. And I found it disgusting, even if it were satire.

But I guess some folks on HN don't really take this kind of thing seriously.