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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by shagie on Monday April 05, 2021 @11:11PM (#26707592)
However, that is how regular taxi services work... and they're profitable. They don't ignore the ADA. They allow service animals. They help with wheelchairs and storing them appropriately - even if that requires more time for the driver. That extra cost of service is spread out across all customers and its a non-issue.

Uber's business model of trying to disrupt the taxi service by ignoring regulations is at issue here. With the ADA, they've encountered an issue that the court is not letting them ignore.

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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by syshum on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:16AM (#26712016)
>>However, that is how regular taxi services work... and they're profitable.

That really depends on the location, and many are not profitable and in some area many only service some parts of the town / city.

Sure if you are in a large city like NYC, LA, Chicago etc, then it would be different but if you start getting out of the top 50 cities the profitability starts to drop

Also clearly taxi's are not providing the service at the value demanded of users or Uber would not exist

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