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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by pitaj on Friday December 21, 2018 @12:53PM (#18735024)
> Hotel and taxi laws were put in place for a reason

That reason being to entrench the incumbent players by raising the barrier to competition.

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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by reaperducer on Friday December 21, 2018 @12:55PM (#18735041)
Yes, because having extra fire safety in hotels is certainly designed to keep people from operating amateur hotels.

And having laws requiring particular fare structures and payment methods is certainly meant to keep companies from competing with taxis.

What color is the sky in your world?

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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by pitaj on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:16PM (#18735248)
> Yes, because having extra fire safety in hotels is certainly designed to keep people from operating amateur hotels.

Should fire safety not apply to all large residential buildings? Why just hotels? Would generally applicable regulation not be better?

> And having laws requiring particular fare structures and payment methods is certainly meant to keep companies from competing with taxis.

At least in part.

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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by reaperducer on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:47PM (#18737775)
Should fire safety not apply to all large residential buildings? Why just hotels? Would generally applicable regulation not be better?

Hotels have more strict fire safety laws because of the way they’re constructed and because there are more potential victims in a smaller space.

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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by jonnycomputer on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:06PM (#18735152)
or skin. my off the cuff guess is that the world of AirBnB has a lot more racial discrimination than the world of regulated hotels.
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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by pitaj on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:22PM (#18735302)
That would be an interesting study.
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