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> It's different when you're a large company with a legal team doing something not clearly illegal - than when you're a single individual doing something clearl
by paulcole 4y ago
> It's different when you're a large company with a legal team doing something not clearly illegal - than when you're a single individual doing something clearly illegal.
If this is sarcasm it’s too subtle for me to recognize.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoIt's not. Black cars picked up people upon request. They weren't taxis. That was Uber's core business. It wasn't regulated. They don't pick people up off the street. That's the taxi business. It's heavily regulated. It was never clear Uber was an illegal business, and it's never been ruled that it is.
- icedchai 4y agoLegality also depends on the jurisdiction. However, to pretend that Uber is now not a taxi company is difficult to comprehend. The original name was UberCab. The intent is clear.
- Izkata 4y agoThe medallion system was to limit the cars that wandered around the roads cluttering them up while looking for riders, as taxis do. Uber/Lyft/etc are prearranged rides that go directly between points. That's where the grey area is: black car services aren't taxis, they also work with prearranged trips between points instead of roaming the streets, but Uber/Lyft/etc can do that so quickly by app that it feels more taxi-like than black-car-like.
- Sebguer 4y agoI mean, even beyond the OP's point, it's the difference between something going wrong and being able to pursue a company with assets for recompense / damages versus some random guy on the street.