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Re:App-Powered Car Service Leaves Cabs in the Dust by TamDenholm on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @01:00PM (#2411694)
"It seems like the biggest risk with this company is that they're effectively skirting laws designed to limit the sort of service they're providing."

Personally I'd call that innovation. Clearly they're providing a service where there is demand. The law seems to be inadequate, so at the very least they're highlighting a problem for lawmakers to pay attention to.

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Re:App-Powered Car Service Leaves Cabs in the Dust by OstiaAntica on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @01:47PM (#2411918)
Lawmakers do pay attention, existing monopoly arrangements are deals for specific companies and/or unions that support them. You are assuming that lawmakers always have the broad community's best interest at heart.
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