The irony here is that the article author confirms that they break TOS of CF and he still has a Pikachu face. Reddit discussion is pretty positive that CF is right in their decision and that new provider will shut them down at some time as well.
No, you're trying to divert. My point was that private public transport works and it works well and there's proof for that. Everything you say is irrelevant to the topic.
You see, I'm originally from Latvia. And back there only major bus and train routes are operated by the state. All the smaller and inter city routes are operated by private companies, sometimes at a loss. And sometimes cheaper than tax funded services.
But there's another example - private train companies across the EU. Just check some basic routes like Verona to Venezia or Barcelona to Madrid and you'll see that all the cheaper options are from private companies.
The state-run services are never cheap (even when tax funded), never modern and never reliable. It's just the way public transport works.
Loads of premium dumb phones had self healing displays back in the days. It's just a property of some plastics. But once we moved to glass screens, this feature got lost. The problem with plastic screens is that they're sticky compared to glass screens and that's not a good feeling when using a capacitive touch screen.
Well, we did! In Europe.