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The business model for disruptive "innovation":

Weasel wording to evade legislation. It's not an unlicensed taxi, it's ride sharing. It's not an illegal hotel, it's couch surfing. It's not code licence infringement because it's learning.

It's lawyers finding loopholes for finance to avoid expenses that gives them an edge over the poor suckers who play by the rules. The tech is just a tool to this purpose.

And most people forget TANSTAAFL. The costs for the cars and their infrastructure, the load tourists put on a place, and the effort for writing the code are still there. The "innovators" just found a way to make somebody else pay for what should be their cost center.




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