> you cannot because you have to pay local government for all licenses and whatever taximeter they provide you, not the one you design for your own company and

> you cannot because you have to pay local government for all licenses and whatever taximeter they provide you, not the one you design for your own company and your customers' safety. The reason you can't provide a service with 2x lower prices is that you would make a huge loss doing that, and it has nothing to do with regulations. You are allowed to design your own taximeters btw. And the regulation is "fair" in the sense that it applies equally to all companies (note that Uber is trying to get exepmtion from a rule that their competitors comply with).