Sorry, but that's not at all what happened here. This is a function of Hailo and others actually working within the system to change it, rather than disrupting/

Sorry, but that's not at all what happened here. This is a function of Hailo and others actually working within the system to change it, rather than disrupting/breaking rules/making nice. If you look at the series of events, Kalanick and Uber broke laws (not just rules) after trying to get around those rules behind the scenes. Then, when they were called out for it, they launched into pseudo-randian tirades about the unfairness and injustice of it all. They whined about how the governments just kept beating up on the little guy and how they'd stop at nothing to promote the free market. And after all that, this played out the way it should have - there was a vote on the laws that allowed a new behavior. All of a sudden, Bloomberg is a good guy! New York is amazing! Uber triumphs over the forces of darkness...by playing the game they should have from the start.