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Uber is the prime example of this. They broke many laws and regulations in order to provide a better product/user experience without much punishment to get to w
by jtokoph 6y ago
Uber is the prime example of this. They broke many laws and regulations in order to provide a better product/user experience without much punishment to get to where they are today. If Uber started breaking more laws today they would be shot down very quick.
- save_ferris 6y ago> If Uber started breaking more laws today they would be shot down very quick. Unfortunately, I don’t see this as being true. I’d be willing to bet they’re still breaking laws and ordinances today and we’re just not aware of it. Part of it is the news cycle today, we’d never see a story about Uber breaking some municipal laws with the state of the world as it is. And after all, they have tons of cash, which is what breaking laws requires. Until they suffer material operational pain from doing wrong, they’re not going to change.
- rileymat2 6y agoBesides for the employee/contractor stuff, I thought Uber was mostly exploiting a legal loophole for cars for hire v. hailed taxi distinction.