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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:58PM (#24225461)
The reason that Uber and Lyft were eating the taxi business's lunch: Less cost and better service.
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by theplague42 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @01:10PM (#24225656)
In part by ignoring city and state laws!
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by smsm42 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:55PM (#24227141)
Because those laws led to low availability, high prices and subpar service. And now they will lead to it again.
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 20, 2020 @01:14PM (#24225703)
Sure. That wasn't the point of this conversation, though. The point of this conversation was why one would use Lyft and Uber, and still not want to use the regular taxi companies.
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