> If Uber started breaking more laws today they would be shot down very quick.

Unfortunately, I don’t see this as being true. I’d be willing to bet they’re still breaking laws and ordinances today and we’re just not aware of it.

Part of it is the news cycle today, we’d never see a story about Uber breaking some municipal laws with the state of the world as it is. And after all, they have tons of cash, which is what breaking laws requires.

Until they suffer material operational pain from doing wrong, they’re not going to change.