&gt;Companies like Uber and AirBnB (and countless others) simply pretend that those complexities don&#x27;t exist -- the market to be disrupted only because they&#x27;re willing to completely circumvent laws and standards -- and money starts falling on their heads.<p>This is entirely false. Uber&#x27;s legal and political staff is _huge_. I&#x27;d assume the same for Airbnb.<p>No one is &quot;pretending&quot; they don&#x27;t exist. They&#x27;re building a product, allowing consumers to use better alternatives and challenging local authorities on their backwards ways.<p>Stop talking and start doing.