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I think in this area there's only so much they can really do since if they really make an impact they'll just be blocked or terms and conditions updated to prev
by readams 11y ago
I think in this area there's only so much they can really do since if they really make an impact they'll just be blocked or terms and conditions updated to prevent them from being able to operate. Fixed, for example, has been blocked by various cities, including San Francisco.
- readams 11y agoActually looks like Fixed has pivoted away completely from parking tickets as their site doesn't even mention it. I guess there's no justice in justice-as-a-service.
- inlined 11y agoI recently referred them to a friend who got an SF parking ticket. She they don't do SF anymore because the city shut them out somehow.
- swang 11y agoThey shut them down because they were causing them to lose too much money. Also this: > When Fixed began faxing its submissions to SFMTA last year, the agency emailed the startup to stop using their fax machine. When Fixed pointed out that it was legal to do so, the agency simply shut off their fax. http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/12/fixed-the-app-that-fixes-your-parking-tickets-gets-blocked-in-san-francisco-oakland-l-a/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/12/fixed-the-app-that-fixes-yo...
- hobbyjogger 11y agoYeah - calling it "justice"-as-a-service seems a little ambitious. More like "(semi-)automated emails/letters asking for refunds"-as-a-service. These emails/letters are, for the most part, only going to be as effective as corporate policy allows.
- mdpopescu 11y agopatio11 calls lawyers "professional letter writers"; this does seem to lead to "letter writing as a service" :)
- hobbyjogger 11y agoHa, maybe these guys need to team up with http://snailmailmyemail.org/ http://snailmailmyemail.org/ so that the recipients can't reliably identify and block their LWAAS.