[nickelpro]

So what? It's not illustrative of the point the post is making.

The post says, paraphrasing: "Sometimes technical people say 'No' and politicians are forced to accept the reality of that refusal"

That didn't happen here. The policy was not proven impossible or implausible, the politicians involved weren't forced to reckon with unforeseen realities; the gig economy companies simply used a different political tactic to get their desired outcome. The effort was never abandoned, even if the targets of the effort ultimately found a way to circumvent the policy makers via a ballot initiative.