> AirBNB competes with hotels So what? So does staying with friends/family. So does using an RV. As does camping. Lots of things "compete with hotels" but

> AirBNB competes with hotels So what? So does staying with friends/family. So does using an RV. As does camping. Lots of things "compete with hotels" but that doesn't mean that they're subject to hotel regulations. Hint: the law is words that have meaning. > Uber competes with taxis by breaking the law. No. Uber/Lyft competes with taxis by offering transportation with the "town car" model, which is legally distinct from the "street hail" model. Prior to Uber/Lyft, no one thought that the town car model could scale. Street hail obviously scaled and there were tons of regulations/laws around it. There are different regulations for town car. Uber/Lyft doesn't do street hail so it isn't subject to regulations specific to street hail. The fact that Uber/Lyft figured out how to scale town car does not "redefine" them into the street hail business.