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In case you didn't notice, it's not about fingerprints. It's about the principle. It's a fight between business and government. Government wants money and contr

by snitko 10y ago

In case you didn't notice, it's not about fingerprints. It's about the principle. It's a fight between business and government. Government wants money and control, businesses show they can't be blackmailed like that and pull out. There is literally nothing Uber or Lyft did wrong. They have all the right in the world to take their business elsewhere. If I believed in democracy, I'd say people should be voting better next time, but I don't.

lern_too_spel 10y ago
> They have all the right in the world to take their business elsewhere. Nobody is claiming otherwise, just that they're stupid for leaving the profits to the taxi companies, who do comply with the background check laws. Either one of them could have become the dominant transportation player in Austin, but they were both too incompetent to make contingency plans.