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Those things are all status quo, do you want clean water or innovation? Because apparently in some people's realities you can't have both.
by awj 13y ago
Those things are all status quo, do you want clean water or innovation? Because apparently in some people's realities you can't have both.
- BrainInAJar 13y agoThere is literally nothing innovative about AirBnB or Uber. It's just "The Hilton App" or "The Checkered Cabs App", except that they break hotel & taxi law respectively
- toomuchtodo 13y agoI would say their pricing models are much more dynamic, but that's because they're just middle men and aren't responsible for the supply side (except providing incentives to increase supply, not actually providing capital, management, etc).
- BrainInAJar 13y agoRight but dynamic pricing is precisely why taxicabs are as regulated as they are. It costs you the same amount to get from the Airport downtown on a Friday night as it does Tuesday at midday. And you the tourist know how much it'll cost you when you get there, because the price is regulated.
- toomuchtodo 13y ago> It costs you the same amount to get from the Airport downtown on a Friday night as it does Tuesday at midday. Only in a world with unlimited supply. When demand peaks, you'll either have the price increased ("surge pricing") or people will have to go without when supply can't mean demand.
- awj 13y agoNo, there really isn't anything innovative about them. I doubt that will stop HN comments from crying "Won't someone think of the INNOVATION" when confronted with regulations to produce an impediment to something they want.