Uber Stockholm throw a PR-tantrum when refused unfair advantages
Some quotes from the article:"The market is unregulated, meaning that you can set any price for your services.""You can safely say that there’s healthy competition on the market.""You do need a permit to have a taxi service.""The fact is that Uber are asking for an exemption to be able to compete on unfair grounds"Notice some contradictions here?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 they provide you, not the one you design for your own company and your customers' safety.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".