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So you're saying this is a fait accompli. Like many great innovations in tech, break the law because the law is silly; remember when Uber and AirBnB were illega
by _xnmw 3y ago
So you're saying this is a fait accompli. Like many great innovations in tech, break the law because the law is silly; remember when Uber and AirBnB were illegal in most major cities and achieved market dominance anyway?
I say, good riddance. I never believed in any such thing as "intellectual property" anyway, I say, get rid of it all, patents, copyright, and the whole pile of imaginary "rights". More than half the world (i.e. the Global South) don't recognize these rights anyway, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to enforce it without draconian legal overreach and monopolistic centralization.
- ausbah 3y agothis comment has already aged poorly because cities are starting to push airbnbs out and taxi usage is at least somewhat up
- falcor84 3y ago> taxi usage is at least somewhat up When's the last time you phoned an operator to book a taxi? If taxis are doing better, it's only because they learned from Uber (and the likes) what the job-to-be-done actually is.
- discreteevent 3y agoMytaxi (freenow) was founded the same year as Uber.
- falcor84 3y agoI'm unclear what your point is, weren't mytaxi an "outsider" startup like Uber too, rather than being organized by the taxi companies?