Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay

Post by AlexandrB » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:42 PM UTC

ztratar wrote: post #7

tyre wrote: post #3

For those wondering why Lyft and Uber doing the shutdown, it's to bully voters into voting their way on Prop 22 in November. They had two years to adjust their businesses for a proposition approved by voters. They chose to spend nine figures fighting it in the press and the courts.

They did not have "years to adjust their businesses" to a changing landscape of demands, the worst-case scenario of which literally destroys their innovation/business. "You had years to plan for us removing 95% of your business!" is quite the argument.

Post by ffggvv » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:45 PM UTC

wskinner wrote: post #10

ffggvv wrote: post #8

I’m not sure why we need prop22 specifically targeting rideshare drivers instead of just repealing AB5 i know so many people’s whose jobs were destroyed by it and still haven’t found anything else.

Can you share the professions of the people you know whose jobs were destroyed?

Post by xwdv » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:47 PM UTC

Post by HaloZero » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:51 PM UTC

filereaper wrote: post #2

Good, this can wait till Covid-19, forest-fires and other urgent matters right now in California have been taken care of.

Post by sushid » Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 7:52 PM UTC

AlexandrB wrote: post #11

ztratar wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They did not have "years to adjust their businesses" to a changing landscape of demands, the worst-case scenario of which literally destroys their innovation/business. "You had years to plan for us removing 95% of your business!" is quite the argument.

Their business was a legal dodge to begin with and they knew it. You can't start a business selling cocaine through a series of complex transactions such that it's "technically" legal and then complain when the government tries to regulate your "innovation" to bring it in line with existing law.