Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still operate while appealing

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256 points reubensutton | 2 comments | 25 Nov 19 10:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.519s | source

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eggy ◴[25 Nov 19 15:12 UTC] No.21628750[source]▶

If the concern over rider safety was that somebody could pose as an Uber driver and update a photo to make it work, why are black cabs not also deemed unsafe? Couldn't somebody borrow a friend's black cab, slap on a fake photo, and work the city? Maybe a stretch, and more work, but the same concern is there, no? I guess the black cabs have some powerful lobbyists in parliment? Yellow taxis in NYC were a monopoly, and medallions cost a fortune, and somehow it seems to have settled down a bit. Some latecomers to the medallion gig lost a lot in the transistion, but isn't that true of any new jump in technology or service?

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1. safog ◴[25 Nov 19 15:43 UTC] No.21629069[source]▶

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I'm honestly pretty cynical about EU laws these days. All they're designed to do is to whack around American tech companies until they cough up $X bn for their coffers.

Not that America is any better these days, NJ recently decided to get into the game and started to go after Uber.

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2. stevenwoo ◴[25 Nov 19 16:14 UTC] No.21629489[source]▶

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I thought from the article this has nothing to do with EU but with the local municipal transit board of London. This can happen across the world if the local licensing agencies are paying attention to behavior.

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