In other markets, they did. Where I live you need to have an appropriate license to transport passengers for money. Hailo brought the app approach to hiring ta

In other markets, they did. Where I live you need to have an appropriate license to transport passengers for money. Hailo brought the app approach to hiring taxi drivers. Uber now exists here, but all the drivers are actual licensed taxi drivers charging the standard rates. They did briefly try to "disrupt" the market here by ignoring those rules, but they got slapped down.