Re:The Uber Bombshell About to Drop
by partiallypro on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:34PM
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That's not what I've heard from insiders.
As someone who voted "against" Uber/Lyft, I can promise you their PACs misleading and blatantly false propaganda regarding the city ordinance directly caused them to lose my vote. That and people love getting 4 fliers per day in their mailbox.
Good riddance.
Re:The Uber Bombshell About to Drop
by partiallypro on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:28PM
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Cool, but your vote has little to do with the political reality that pushed the initiative to politicians putting it up to vote.
Well then share what you heard.
Re:The Uber Bombshell About to Drop
by partiallypro on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:29PM
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Politicians were captured by the taxi industry and exploited the liberal environment of Austin to achieve an effective ban on larger sharing services. What more is there to know?
No the measure passed because Uber and Lyft failed to understand Austin culture and shot themselves in the foot by annoying Austinites with intrusive tactics that made them look bad in the eyes of a local culture that tends to be fiercely anti big business. It's the same type of mistake Airbnb made in SF with their big marketing campaign of 2015 that just offended everyone.