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by orf 3358 days ago
Is your comment saying this is because they are Italian, whereas Uber is not?

If so that comparison isn't apt. Those apps would summon licensed drivers and the payments would be set by the driver based on the meter or the pre-arranged price. Like a card machine.

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It's not all the point that those apps operate inside the Italian law and Uber don't?

It seems to me, that if Uber operated inside the parameters of the law they would not be so profitable. That is really the point.

Well they are not profitable anyway are they?
He's saying that they operate like Taxis and therefore aren't breaking the law.
Uber is breaking the anti-dumping laws there. Fixing price to be cheaper than local taxis and burning money. That's unfair.