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> "That’s the old economy way of dealing with new products: to throw up legal and regulatory roadblocks" I had a tiff with Zenefits failing to notify me about
by curo 11y ago
> "That’s the old economy way of dealing with new products: to throw up legal and regulatory roadblocks"
I had a tiff with Zenefits failing to notify me about a cancelled policy while still collecting payments. They denied responsibility because they were "only an HR software company." This is blasphemous to say in SF, but perhaps some of those "roadblocks" are there for a reason.
- exelius 11y agoAgreed, and Uber is starting to run in to this as well. Turns out if you remove all the roadblocks for Uber, you also remove all the roadblocks for everyone else, and Uber becomes just as shitty as riding in a taxi. Where I live, Uber Black Car is stupid expensive (easily 2-3x the cost of a taxi) and UberX is crazy people in barely-functioning cars. As a result, my $150/mo Uber habit has become maybe $20/mo. I know they still make a lot of money off of people with corporate expense accounts, but many of my friends have reverted to taxis (ironically, Uber gave taxi companies a lot more leverage over their drivers and they were able to improve service, at least around here).