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Oh holy christ, I hadn't heard of them doing that. Doesn't shock me, sadly.



Oh, a source[1] - this is why I'm extremely skeptical of the goodness of disrupting. Building a new competitor that can straight up out compete existing monopolies is one thing but beating existing companies by refusing to play by the same rules removes the power of law from society.

It was super depressing at the time to hear the Libertarian crowd come out in staunch defense of this program.

1. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/uber-uses-secret-pr...


Building a new competitor that can straight up out compete existing monopolies is one thing but beating existing companies by refusing to play by the same rules removes the power of law from society.

Look up the definition of "regulatory capture," and you'll see a photo of a taxicab, or at least you should. When the law does not respect the people, the people will not respect the law... nor should they.




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