I looked it up just now and actually you're partly right. What actually happened is Texas passed a bill that overrode Austin. I stand corrected. With that said

I looked it up just now and actually you're partly right. What actually happened is Texas passed a bill that overrode Austin. I stand corrected. With that said, I have also read that Uber did do significant changes to its platform for the UK market (another place where there was an existential crisis for Uber). So platform changes are not entirely outside the realm of possibility.