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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by gaius on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @05:34AM (#18863731)
they got quite a beating from regulatory agencies

Not really, the British regulators and courts keep finding against them but there’s zero enforcement, Uber continue operating as normal. The Mayor Of London is weak.

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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by mschuster91 on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:13PM (#18867777)
Uber Pop (=private drivers) got banned in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium [1], Uber Black (=cars for hire, with pro driver) got banned in Germany [2]. Given that Germany, France, Italy and Spain are the Top 5 EU economies by BIP (with the half-exception of UK where Uber simply ignores court rules), I'd say "took a beating" is the most civil way to write what really happens.

[1] https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter...

[2] https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2018/12/bundesgerich...

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