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Italy Bans Uber (thenextweb.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the expect-the-unexpected dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Next Web: A court just banned Uber from using its apps in Italy -- yes, all of Italy. The court ruled in favor of the country's taxi drivers -- who filed the suit -- claiming Uber was "unfair competition." Now Uber can't use it's apps -- including UberBlack, Uber LUX, X, and Select -- and it can't promote or advertise itself at all within the country. For all intents and purposes, Uber is banned in Italy.

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  1. Re:Appeal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Good. It's about time.

    Uber is a taxi company. What they do is the exact definition of a taxi company. Using a phone app doesn't make them any less of a taxi company. It's time for Uber to follow the same rules that Taxi companies must follow, or, stop doing business.

  2. Re:Appeal by Shinobi · · Score: 4, Informative

    In Sweden they do, or get banned from operating. Jail sentences have also been handed out to shady operators. Remember, not every place is as shitty as the US or Russia or China...

  3. Re:Appeal by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Informative

    What rules do taxi companies follow? Oh right, they "inspect" their fleet and follow "regulations". Sure they do.

    I don't know what dingy backwater you live in, but in places where people wear shoes, taxis are inspected and regulated.

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  4. Re:Unwise to play by the rules? by MS · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're so right.

    As a private hoster in Italy with regular license, I hope that Airbnb shuts down soon and all advertisers get a visit by the tax fraud investigators. People renting rooms and apartments through Airbnb have no licence, do not pay real estate taxes, tourist taxes, and neither income taxes, do not contribute to the local tourist board, have no assurance, do not fill out police rercordings ... and are thus unfair competition.

  5. Ah, italian taxi drivers... by jpbelang · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ironically, on my last trip to Italy, the only person who ripped us off is a taxi driver.

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  6. Re:Appeal by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Informative

    In every state in the US, all motor vehicles are inspected every year.

    No, they are not.

    There are nineteen states without any inspection requirement at all.

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