Uber Stockholm throw a PR-tantrum when refused unfair advantages
Some quotes from the article:<p>"The market is unregulated, meaning that you can set any price for your services."<p>"You can safely say that there’s healthy competition on the market."<p>"You do need a permit to have a taxi service."<p>"The fact is that Uber are asking for an exemption to be able to compete on unfair grounds"<p>Notice some contradictions here?<p>Author claims that market is unregulated and competition is fair, but then admits there is regulation and legal requirements (that cost real money). If you want to make a nice private taxi service with 2x lower prices, you cannot because you have to pay local government for all licenses and whatever taximeter <i>they</i> provide you, not the one you design for your own company and your customers' safety.<p>When talking about "unfair advantage", author makes presupposition that existing regulations and licensing are "fair". Well, that needs to be proven. Saying "somebody voted for it in a democracy" is not a proof, sorry. Try that with a scientific study: "scientists voted that P != NP with 58% majority".