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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Pave Legal? by whimsicalism on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @12:37PM (#41512985)
uber: mostly not technically because the key thing is that they are not soliciting rides from the street, was my understanding.

airbnb had a much more legally tenuous start

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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Pave Legal? by failuser on Thursday September 12, 2024 @04:38PM (#41525281)
Uber even had a whole program to thwart law enforcement attempts to investigate them called “greyball”. They knew what they are doing. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-...
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