State railways this week
CER (state railway trade lobby) in Brussels
“Big evil US tech platforms will cream off our profits if the EU gets its way with ticketing reform!”
DB Regio
“Hey Google, here’s a load of data so you can sell our tickets!”
https://railway-news.com/db-regio-introduces-ticket-purchase-options-via-google-maps/
Hypocrites.
And I’ve got state railway sock puppets commenting on #PassengerPackage on LinkedIn telling me the proposal is against the OSDM implementation the industry has done (it’s not) and will only assist US tech
What’s with these people? I get you might defend your employer, but why use arguments that are obviously bollocks?
Some of this discussion about #PassengerPackage makes me think I’m losing my mind
This stuff isn’t easy. There are big sums of money at stake. There won’t be only winners
But the amount of spurious and obviously disingenuous arguments deployed by supposedly intelligent people is quite extraordinary
@jon You lived through Brexit, right? Right?
It's usually either conflict of interest or stupidity. Sometimes a power flex arising from former.
You'll be the Galileo of rail, eventually. 😉
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