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Re:San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber... by djrogers on Thursday August 30, 2018 @10:39PM (#17882486)
Wait, so a monopoly with Skip and Scoot is somehow better? Literally the only thing creating any sort of scarcity or monopoly here is regulation, so claiming it's necessary to prevent a monopoly is a bit ludicrous.

I don't think many people are in favor of zero regulation, but politicians literally picking winners and losers instead of the market is even worse.

Re:San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber... by adrr on Thursday August 30, 2018 @11:14PM (#17882637)
Politicians shouldn't be picking winners or losers as this can lead to corruption and regulatory capture.
Re:San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber... by greglindahl on Thursday August 30, 2018 @11:34PM (#17882735)
The city held a bidding process to pick two initial winners, which is ... a market. I guess you prefer a different organization to the market, but...