Taxi companies are regulated which means there was there is a limit to how many taxi drivers are allowed. Uber doesn&#x27;t have such a limit and is thus undermining the market. Uber is planning on replacing all drivers with automated cars, how many taxi companies you think are working on that right now?<p>What you are talking about is car-sharing which is something Uber also does but not what they do mostly.<p>With regards to Airbnb. If airbnb ish companies existed before why didn&#x27;t they then outcompete airbnb? Why is Airbnb fighting fights and not European rentals.<p>Anyway we are getting away from the main point which is that american companies dare take up a fight with legislation very few european companies if any do that. Because of reasons I mention in the essay. Tesla, LendingClub, KickStarter and so many others have had to find ways through the legislation system.<p>US companies just have a better culture for challenging incumbents and legislation. A much richer culture for lobbying and so on.