It’s true. Every book, movie, game or piece of software you’ve ever used (unless you made it yourself) has been subject to some kind of licence, that can be revoked.
Because you only get a short term to get anything done before you might get the boot.
What’s the point of getting 3 or so years into a 20 year project if the next election cycle is going to install a government that’s will kill the whole project. Wasting money and time and public goodwill?
Someone could make the argument that because the driver was a hired professional they shouldn’t be party of the conversations of their clients or some such.
We get into the grey here, because the passengers probably didn’t include the driver as a participant. You have to be a participant for one-party to hold.
Also, if the conversation was recorded automatically, with no action from the driver, does that count as the driver recording the convo, or the company that controls the recording device?
They didn’t have the presumption of privacy from the driver. Driver was clearly visible to them, make himself known to them and was clearly within earshot.
They might have also agreed to being recorded in some slimy Terms and Conditions in the ride share app.
Or maybe lisdexamphetamine?