If you don’t understand the Uber vs regulations comment, that’s on you. It’s pretty obvious he is talking about how regulation made developing alternatives impossible so Uber was developed outside of the regulatory framework.

I can’t speak to your specific scenario as I don’t live in NY nor do I travel there. But in the few cities I have been that had Uber it was great. Great service, clean cars and they got me to and from where I needed to go quickly and efficiently.

Uber doesn’t stop any argument about regulation. Apps like Uber, if anything, get people very talkative about said “regulation,” even if they were designed to evade it.

my only counterpoint is that the wealthier tend to be early adopters and make it cheaper for the followers, and so far, I like my smart phone, internet, airplane rides, car, TV, etc.

I believe he’s saying THEY don’t need to argue back about it just invent around it. There is a point to that, even if you don’t agree with it. You can’t force people to give back to the system when they can easily build around it. It’s not just the 1% doing that here. It’s entire countries that do this every day. You…

It bothers gizmodo apparently.We’d still be using horses and carriages if it were for this line of thinking. Forget the alternative! I used to read up Gizmodo for the latest tech news, it’s sad how far it’s gone now.