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0 pointskevin_thibedeau10y ago0 comments

The difference is that carpooling is legal. What Uber and Lyft are doing is not in most markets.

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What relevance does this have to the parent, or my, comment?

The relevance is that a $5.9b valuation is dubious when it's based on an illegal enterprise. That "value" can disappear in an instant when municipalities start cracking down.

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0 pointskevin_thibedeau10y ago0 comments

The difference is that carpooling is legal. What Uber and Lyft are doing is not in most markets.

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dylanjermiah10y ago

What relevance does this have to the parent, or my, comment?

kevin_thibedeauOP10y ago

The relevance is that a $5.9b valuation is dubious when it's based on an illegal enterprise. That "value" can disappear in an instant when municipalities start cracking down.

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