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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by striking on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:45PM (#18736487)
I believe you're missing a few things, considering taxi medallions are basically impossible to come by, and that what taxi driving laws here in the US allow are not incredibly unlike what Uber does to its drivers.
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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by stephenr on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:52PM (#18736544)
> I believe you're missing a few things, considering taxi medallions are basically impossible to come by

You mean none of the existing holders will sell them? $22B. Twenty two billion fucking dollars. That's how much VC money has been pumped into this bullshit company. And you're saying they can't buy some taxi medallions?

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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by dang on Saturday December 22, 2018 @03:28PM (#18742294)
Can you please not post acerbic rants to HN?
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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by SpelingBeeChamp on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:25PM (#18737644)
I think the answer is yes. (Or more accurately, not enough to be competitive.)
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Re:FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch by the_clarence on Saturday December 22, 2018 @04:36AM (#18739844)
Why would they? Medallions are a MLM
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