Yeah, what idiots. Somebody should have told them that people aren't so stupid that ads could possibly work. Somebody should tell the entire ad industry, for that matter.
You're not special for being able to "see through" Uber's "propaganda." That's just what happens when an ad doesn't resonate with you. Like I said, ads work by increasing awareness of something. As Bloomberg's $1 billion primary campaign proved, money doesn't buy votes.
It's truly a mystery then why Uber and Lyft spent $200M on advertising. What a colossal waste of money.