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Re:Read This Before You Build Uber for X by fragmede on Friday September 01, 2017 @03:39PM (#15151774)
City of Austin: "You need to fingerprint all potential drivers and run them through an FBI fingerprint database."

Uber: I don't wanna do that! Uber: stomps feet Uber: goes home Uber: Bribes Texas state into passing laws to force Austin to accept them.

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Re:Read This Before You Build Uber for X by jsjohnst on Friday September 01, 2017 @05:56PM (#15152689)
While I am usually an outspoken critic of Uber, I feel this is an unfair portrayal of that situation. If I owned a ride hailing service, I would protest the same law.
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