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Re:Uber must employ its drivers, Dutch court rules by vidarh on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:30PM (#28516475)
There is no "black cab monopoly". Black cabs are not operated by a single company.

It's a number of companies, and a huge number of individual operators, competing with dozens of private hire companies.

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Re:Uber must employ its drivers, Dutch court rules by randomswede on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:14AM (#28520926)
And there is not (unlike the medallion system, as I understand it) any specific limit on how many can pass The Knowledge (the test you have to do to become a black cab driver; before that, you can get a taxi license and work for a minicab firm). The reason it's not instant is that it is one of those "requires a substantial investment of time" scenarios.

So I don't think painting "London's black cabs" as a monopoly holds water.

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