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    John Backus‏ @backus Aug 18

    I knew legal battles with taxi lobbies was a key part of Uber's success, but the size of this Wikipedia page really puts it in perspective. Wow.pic.twitter.com/VhA1yZCFXg

    3:51 PM - 18 Aug 2018
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    • Harry Tormey Carl 𝖌𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖑glazier 📈 👻 ectogène 👻 Matt Parlmer 🌐🌷 Sophie Smithburg Aurelius Sharif Shameem Chaz Cryptoson 🎃
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      2. St. Corbinian's Bear‏ @corbinians_bear Aug 19
        Replying to @backus

        I think the Peter Thiel joke still holds: why are they called Uber? What do they think they're above? Is it the law, perhaps?

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Aug 19
        Replying to @corbinians_bear

        They do seem to be above taxi specific law, lol

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      2. TV ADDONS‏Verified account @tvaddonsco Aug 18
        Replying to @backus

        If they didn’t have the money, they’d have been shut down long ago. The same way Pirate Bay would have beaten Hollywood if they had billions in the bank. Civil lawsuits are notoriously slanted towards the party with more money.

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Aug 18
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        John Backus Retweeted John Backus

        idk about The Pirate Bay vs Hollywood but agree otherwise. I'm reading up on Uber b/c it's interesting to compare to decentralized legal boundary pushing like p2p & prediction mrkts. Compared to Uber, may cost less to push boundaries w/ decentralized techhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1030886690338951168 …

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        John Backus @backus
        To overcome anti-competitive hurdles like Uber, you need an Uber-sized war chest. Compared to Uber, p2p file sharing corrected the music market with relatively little money. This may be decentralization’s market: a corrector of distorted markets, liberator of the consumer surplus
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      2. Cryptolany‏ @cryptolany Aug 18
        Replying to @backus

        and even this is not to its full extent, I know from recurring troubles and legal battles in Austria. I guess it's not the only country missing.

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Aug 18
        Replying to @cryptolany

        Yeah I'm not surprised. I'm impressed that wikipedia contributors cobbled together this much, even if incomplete

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      1. ツ RandomȺdversary‏ @RandomAdversary Aug 18
        Replying to @backus

        It's all part of the business plan.

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      2. Dave Craige ⚡️‏ @davecraige Aug 19
        Replying to @backus @zooko

        Some taxi drivers I speak to can't fathom how they have to pay an extra $6,000 or more a year in insurance and fees vs an Uber driver. It is definitely not a level playing field.

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      3. Dave Craige ⚡️‏ @davecraige Aug 19
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        It's basically just a massive power struggle with Uber using their $21,712,450,000 in funding to try to overtake the market.https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/uber#section-locked-marketplace …

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      4. Dave Craige ⚡️‏ @davecraige Aug 19
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        Dave Craige ⚡️ Retweeted Eoghan Gilmartin

        It didn't work two weeks ago in Spain. The taxis came out in full force and just shut whole cities down. Now Uber gets 1 license for ever 30 taxi licenses.https://twitter.com/eoghangilmartin/status/1023934811252162560?s=21 …

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        Eoghan Gilmartin @EoghanGilmartin
        Some amazing photos from the indefinite taxi strike in Spain. Began 6 days ago in Barcelona after BCN en Comu's regulations aimed at Uber and Cabify were blocked by courts. Now has spread nationwide, with taxis now occupying main thoroughfares in Madrid, Valencia and other cities pic.twitter.com/ef6sV2Nzin
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