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Where I'm from a taxi driver gets a fine if they refuse service to someone. Seems that Uber has that built in. Seems like it could easily abused for discrimin

• ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago
  > Where I'm from a taxi driver gets a fine if they refuse service to someone. Discrimination problem is solved by competition, not regulation. You can't regulate against discrimination. See how it works with jobs. When employer doesn't want to employ someone for whatever reason, he will simply state that candidate didn't pass the interview or whatever, and you can't prove it otherwise.
  • EnFinlay 10y ago
    In this case, I think regulation serves as competition - either you get the money from the fare, or take a double financial hit from missing the fare and owing a fine. Edit: Also I disagree that discrimination can be solved by competition. Competition can result in mutually exclusive sets of discrimination eg. extreme nationalism.