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by ryanobjc 4204 days ago
That's so patently false it's ridiculous.

The taxi regulations are lengthy and serve multiple purposes. To classify it with a single sentence is just silly.

After all, requiring proper operating equipment and frequent inspections obviously doesn't benefit users... Is that what you're really forwarding? I hope not!
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baddox 4204 days ago
> After all, requiring proper operating equipment and frequent inspections obviously doesn't benefit users... Is that what you're really forwarding?

The specific equipment requirements can certainly be chosen in a way to benefit entrenched businesses by increasing the barrier to entry.

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davidw 4204 days ago
"It's complicated", I think, and not clear cut one way or the other. Certainly one-sentence quips favoring one or the other side don't do the issue justice or hint at a reasonable resolution to the problems.
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ryanobjc 4203 days ago
Yes, exactly, it's complicated.

I was going to say I expect more out of HN commenters, but then I'd be lying. The people here are perhaps "smarter" than many, but their heads are made out of the same fallible gloopy cholesterol that the rest of us are. Cognitive biases are for everyone, and in some ways worse among those who refuse to admit the essential hormonal/emotional nature of our brains.

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