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> Cloud Kitchens, which is backed by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Disregarding regulations and externalities worked well for him the last time.

• janalsncm 3y ago
  It worked well in the U.S., not so well for their plans for global expansion. Hence the existence of companies like Grab/Didi.
• tptacek 3y ago
  I understand the dunk here, but what I'm saying is that a lot of this is on Bay Area municipalities. This isn't like Uber where an entire new business model created a brand new set of regulatory challenges. This is a bog standard regulatory challenge every city already has to be set up to address, because it comes up every time a new retail business gets put somewhere that wasn't already precisely zoned for it. This is seriously every liquor license kerfluffle ever; just in slightly different form. (I had a lot of problems with what Uber did with regulatory arbitrage; in particular, for a decent amount of time, Uber managed to recreate the Chicago redlining map with their service areas. It's not that I'm disinclined to regulate; it's that it's not Kalanick's job to regulate himself.)
  • hot_gril 3y ago
    Even Uber for passengers didn't seem too hard to handle. Almost a drop-in replacement for taxis, except some cities added more loading zones because of the increased riders. Uber Eats, different story.
  • josefritz 3y ago
    Bog standard? That is a hilarious typo.
    • kasey_junk 3y ago
      Bog standard is a slang term meaning very standard. It used to be a UK specific bit of slang but has crept into American usage as well.
    • nkurz 3y ago
      Not a typo. It's British slang that has become common enough that some people no longer consider it British or slang: https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1728_uptodate/page25.shtml https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/spe...
      • hot_gril 3y ago
        :S I'm American and have almost never heard the phrase. Sounds British to me. URL is .uk