I'm not sure about the comparison with Uber, but I definitely agree with you on how Airbnb's main innovation is finding a loophole around certain laws that are

I'm not sure about the comparison with Uber, but I definitely agree with you on how Airbnb's main innovation is finding a loophole around certain laws that are for the benefit of everyone. In Uber's case, however, I believe they were circumventing corrupt laws, put in place to help the medallion holders over anyone else. The taxi dispatch system is antiquated, and if it wasn't Uber or Lyft coming around to change it, it would most certainly have been someone else. I don't believe Uber's only innovation is circumventing laws, because Uber can't be run using a simple spreadsheet. Airbnb can, I know that because it used to be.