Austin-ite and Texan here.<p>Uber sent a text to it&#x27;s drivers the Friday before the vote that was a thinly veiled threat that they should vote or lose their pay check when Uber pulled out of Austin.<p>That sort of strong arming in our electoral process, yeah, never gonna go over well.<p>The proposition, if passed, would <i>override</i> regulations put in place by elected representatives. The proposition failed by popular vote in an election. Uber et al out spent their conpition several times over. The commercials they ran were so plainly attempting to confuse the issue that it was insulting. Also, the commercials were ran more frequently during the window for early voting. There were almost zero local voices speaking on behalf of both community and in favor of prop 1.<p>All arguments in favor of prop 1 where, imo, specious. If it causes on-boarding to become too slow, well then that is only a deal breaker if they were not yet at the critical mass to be profitable; not so. Fingerprinting is not prohibitively expensive. Uber and Lyft operate in other markets where this is a requirement. And at the end of the day, twice now, the electorate has expressed its position on the issue.<p>Living in Austin during this campaign, it felt like being in the middle of a proxy war.<p>Imho, Uber can&#x27;t stand having terms dictated to them. Any terms beyond their terms are too restrictive. The citizens of Austin were simply pawns in their larger game of market domination.<p>With all due respect, from the city of Austin, from deep in the heart of Texas, Uber, if you don&#x27;t want to work with us, you know where the door is.