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No. Uber ran into the problem that they were a taxi company, but they didn't want to abide by the taxi company regulations.

• nickpsecurity 10y ago
  Regulations such as creating a high, financial, barrier to entry that benefited incumbent, taxi companies more than consumers. Regulations paid for by lobbyists for incumbent, taxi companies. Corruption 101.
  • st3v3r 10y ago
    No.
    • nickpsecurity 10y ago
      Yes. Unless you think the taxi companies were giving millions to local politicians protecting them just coincidentally and out of some greater good. Example of that plus the competition responding similarly: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-taxi-uber-lobby-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-taxi-uber-lobby-sto...
      • st3v3r 10y ago
        No. I have not, nor will I ever buy into the propaganda that Uber was out to do anything to regulations. They were out to make money, and they decided they didn't have to follow the law. That's it.