[readyman]

>and thinking they can get away with it

Can they not? I think that remains to be seen.

[jhbadger]

Exactly. It's like when Uber started and flaunted the medallion taxi system of many cities. People said "These Uber people are idiots! They are going to get shut down! Don't they know the laws for taxis?" While a small number of cities did ban Uber (and even that generally only temporarily), in the end Uber basically won. I think a lot of people confuse what they want to happen versus what will happen.

[seanhunter]

In London, uber did not succeed. Uber drivers have to be licensed like minicab drivers.

[mrweasel]

Uber is banned in multiple countries and pulled out of many more because they where told to follow the law and that makes their business unprofitable.

[readyman]

Americans are incredibly ignorant of how the world actually works because the American living memory only knows the peak of the empire from the inside.