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> What's your alternative? Pressure governing bodies to bring in regulation to allow you to operate legally. Uber isn't some small business fighting against a
by serge2k 10y ago
> What's your alternative?
Pressure governing bodies to bring in regulation to allow you to operate legally.
Uber isn't some small business fighting against an unfair market. It's a multi-billion dollar multinational corporation that deliberately flouts regulation to attempt to gain a foothold and then strongarm their way to a favorable outcome under threat of pulling service and pissing off voters.
- Grishnakh 10y agoUber only became a multi-billion dollar multinational corporation by deliberately flouting regulation. They never would have gotten that way if they had followed all the existing taxi regulations instead of lawyering up and fighting it. Disruptive companies never succeed by playing by the rules the incumbents set. I'm really curious how you think a company would amass billions of dollars without actually being in business first, providing a service, having customers, and gaining revenue. Companies don't just start out as multi-billion dollar multinational corporations.