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Re:Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a veterans life... by GFischer on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:34AM (#28440966)
Over here (Uruguay), rideshare services are way more reliable for tourists.

I have family from the countryside, and while they're not robbed outright, they're driven on the most inefficient way that drives up the meter.

Tourists can pay up to 100 dollars for a trip from the airport for example (legally if morally questionable).

A similar trip on a rideshare is less than half, but they're banned from the airport.

Plus, taxi drivers are unionized and are terrible drivers, while rideshare drivers are regularly kicked out if they give substandard service.

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Re:Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a veterans life... by krasi0 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:46AM (#28453499)
The same situation in many developing countries around the world. The local taxi cartels have been using lobbying and outright violence to keep ride-sharing services away / banned.
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