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Actually there are only a handful of places in the US where Uber is banned. Contrary to popular belief (and intentionally propagated by smear campaigns), Uber w
by nodesocket 9y ago
Actually there are only a handful of places in the US where Uber is banned. Contrary to popular belief (and intentionally propagated by smear campaigns), Uber wasn't banned in Austin TX... they pulled out of that market voluntarily.
- chillydawg 9y agoThat's like believing a politician is ACTUALLY resigning to spend more time with their family.
- Zarel 9y agoYou are so wrong I don't know where to start. You're talking about a situation where a politician resigns to avoid being impeached or otherwise deposed. That has basically zero to do with Uber and Lyft leaving Austin. We know exactly what laws Austin has (laws are not secret). And it's not like it's remotely unclear what happened: Uber and Lyft left in protest of the law requiring background checks for them. You could speculate that they were trying to strong-arm Austin into repealing that law, but it didn't work. But there's zero reason to believe that they were secretly forced out, unlike the case with the politician, where the incentives are obvious.
- jakubp 9y agoIf I enter a market, then the market penalizes me for breaching its rules, and I pull out, I am not calling it "voluntary".
- Tepix 9y agoWhy talk about the US? It's only one market of many. In many other countries Uber has been banned.
- jorvi 9y agoYeah, this is a really pervasive attitude on HN and tech in general. By not taking that path WhatsApp has pretty much locked down the international messaging market, so it's a stupid attitude too.