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Re:The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later by prodigal_erik on Friday September 16, 2016 @06:55PM (#12517975)
A taxi driver has to rent a medallion and a car (because they can't just use the one they already own) and needs to charge extra for trips across city limits (because they're barred from picking up anyone in another city). It's not predatory pricing when your lower prices are due to lower costs.
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Re:The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later by kuschku on Saturday September 17, 2016 @07:59AM (#12520158)
A taxi driver in my state has to rent nothing, has to only get insurance and a drivers license allowing them to transport people (which is basically 50$), and there’s two dozen competing services.

Don’t assume your local shitty laws are an issue everywhere.

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Re:The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later by Cpoll on Monday September 19, 2016 @11:45AM (#12532309)
Likewise, don't assume your local good laws aren't shitty everywhere else.
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