The competitors that came to fill in the gaps aren't following any of the newly passed regulations from what I've heard.

That's not true at all. Please cite reliable sources when slandering.

If the sources were reliable, it wouldn't be slander.

Perhaps David gets more grace than Goliath? Or Austin's government is oblivious.

To be fair, the tech to support a single city is radically less impressive than a global operation, which means it's very easy for startups to fill the void when the big companies have already done all the work to create the market and then all vanish at the same time. Still, they're doing a great job, and most are on track to meet the city's regulations.

Which is one reason that so many people feel Uber's valuation is a joke. Austin is hard evidence that Uber hasn't purchased anything with their "growth spending."