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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by ars on Sunday August 21, 2016 @01:39AM (#12329569)
Of course it's relevant. The "government" doesn't make apps directly ever.

The difference is who speced the project, or came up with the ideas.

Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by function_seven on Sunday August 21, 2016 @07:39PM (#12333260)
Sorry, but GGP said they'd never seen a successful government app. GP replied with an example of one. Parent discounted that example because it wasn't coded by a government employee (in effect moving the goalposts). My point is that it's irrelevant whether a government employee or an outside party created the app. It's still a government app, providing access and information about government-provided services. Unless you think the Seattle mass transit system is a private-sector company.