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>> dealing with 100's of different regulatory frameworks Isn't ignoring regulations the most often quoted reason for Uber's success?
by mamon 10y ago
>> dealing with 100's of different regulatory frameworks
Isn't ignoring regulations the most often quoted reason for Uber's success?
- hockley 10y agoHaving an effective strategy to skirt regulations probably requires just as much knowledge of the regs as a company who complies with them.
- Frondo 10y agoI don't think that's really true in this case. In the few cities I know any details for, the Uber answer was, "we'll just do it until the city sues us". That doesn't really take any special knowledge, just preparedness with the lawyers.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Having an effective strategy to skirt regulations probably requires just as much knowledge of the regs as a company who complies with them. Not really. The "effective strategy to skirt regulations" seems to be "when someone makes an issue out of it, we'll burn investor money on PR and lobbying against the regulations, and on paying any penalties that get assessed for violations". For that, you don't need much advance study of the regulations, just a deep supply of investor funds.
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- BurningFrog 10y agoIgnoring regulations is easy. Getting regulations to ignore you is the hard part.
- scythe 10y agoThey don't "ignore" regulations. They violate regulations. They do so strategically or they would have been shut down long ago. For example, if public opinion weren't on their side, perhaps due to, say, Uber rides being as dangerous as they're sometimes claimed to be rather than as safe as statistics show them to be, some of those "little" city lawsuits could have blown up much worse.
- SilasX 10y agoUnfairly, IMHO. It certainly helped, but they did so much, and better, than the other apps and they made legit, value-improving changes to the ride-hailing process: actually acting on feedback, dynamically setting prices, coordinating a movement away from tipping, applying modern IT. Remember, their core product was not violating regulations: it was filling empty spots for legit black limo drivers, and was more expensive than taxis but still competitive because of the quality of service.
- Clubber 10y agoThat and the economic recession where lots of people who had vehicles were now trying to make ends meet. Also, they paid their drivers better initially until they build up their driver network. Of course leveraging the media helped and a symphony of other things all pushed them to where they are now.