> This is a very disingenuous statement, because it is illegal only because it's made illegal to kill the service model they are using. On the contrary - Uber

> This is a very disingenuous statement, because it is illegal only because it's made illegal to kill the service model they are using. On the contrary - Uber likes to say that it's fighting against the unjust laws in London that require drivers to take an obsolete test of all roads in the city. In reality, they would have been exempt from that law as long as they provided fixed price quotes in advance. (Uber provides "estimates", but not fixed quotes). They actively chose to structure their business model this way because providing estimates instead of fixed quotes allows for better customer acquisition, and they'd rather compete against medallion cars because it's an easier market to undercut if you have the VC cash to spend tens of millions in lobbying and lawyer fees just in that one city (as they have).