It's not a crime if we do it with an app
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It's not a crime if we do it with an app
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Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#2but would Airbnb or Uber exist if they tried to get permission first? Netflix streaming was illegal at first. Youtube for sure. Napster. Tesla (no dealerships it was direct sales to consumers.)
Even craigslist or ebay or the very first Ford Model T. They break rules because that's the only way to test the waters and see if the public wants the rule broken?
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#3but would Airbnb or Uber exist if they tried to get permission first? Netflix streaming was illegal at first. Youtube for sure. Napster. Tesla (no dealerships it was direct sales to consumers.) Even craigslist or ebay or the very first Ford Model T. They break rules because that's the only way to test the waters and see if the public wants the rule broken?
What was illegal about Neflix, YouTube, and Tesla at first?
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#4but would Airbnb or Uber exist if they tried to get permission first? Netflix streaming was illegal at first. Youtube for sure. Napster. Tesla (no dealerships it was direct sales to consumers.) Even craigslist or ebay or the very first Ford Model T. They break rules because that's the only way to test the waters and see if the public wants the rule broken?
I don't think most of your examples are correct, but in any case, not everything has to be started in the USA.
Private companies running a taxi service (arranged by phone) were widespread in the UK long before Uber, and surely also other places. Why couldn't Uber start there, if the USA was too restrictive?
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#5but would Airbnb or Uber exist if they tried to get permission first? Netflix streaming was illegal at first. Youtube for sure. Napster. Tesla (no dealerships it was direct sales to consumers.) Even craigslist or ebay or the very first Ford Model T. They break rules because that's the only way to test the waters and see if the public wants the rule broken?
There's definitely a balance between innovation and cancer. AirBnB started off great but now it's a cancer. Housing supply is at a massive shortage and Airbnbs eat up what little remains. 2 houses on my tiny street (which are all starter homes are Airbnb).
Uber started off great but quickly became incredibly expensive thanks to surge time and increased costs.
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#6but would Airbnb or Uber exist if they tried to get permission first? Netflix streaming was illegal at first. Youtube for sure. Napster. Tesla (no dealerships it was direct sales to consumers.) Even craigslist or ebay or the very first Ford Model T. They break rules because that's the only way to test the waters and see if the public wants the rule broken?
What was illegal about Neflix, YouTube, and Tesla at first?
Youtube had a lot of illegal content early on and didn't make much effort to respect rightsholders etc. for a while until the service had taken off.
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#7but would Airbnb or Uber exist if they tried to get permission first? Netflix streaming was illegal at first. Youtube for sure. Napster. Tesla (no dealerships it was direct sales to consumers.) Even craigslist or ebay or the very first Ford Model T. They break rules because that's the only way to test the waters and see if the public wants the rule broken?
Maybe they should not exist at the first place.
So I cant use my car to carry out people, without a permission. However, if I do it with uber, I suddenly can!
More than this, I wonder if I can create a company to do taxi bussiness. I will buy 5 car, then rent out 5 more, do taxi bussiness… what makes uber so special, I wonder
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#8Feels more and more like we're entering a post-"disruption" era.
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#9If it's a crime, it's obviously still also a crime if it's an app, just look at Ross Ulbricht or SBF.
Is it really fair to compare "PotatoTrac" with Uber and AirBnB?
Re: It's not a crime if we do it with an app
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was illegal about Neflix, YouTube, and Tesla at first?
Youtube had a lot of illegal content early on and didn't make much effort to respect rightsholders etc. for a while until the service had taken off.
Right, but that was more an unintended consequence of hosting user uploaded material. They still did delete stuff when companies (or their lawyers) wrote in to them requesting a take down.
Compare that to Airbnb or Uber whose business model was "Ignore the law" in the very beginning, which is why they got banned in a bunch of places. YouTube's business model was never "Ignore the law" nor was it banned on as a wide scale as Airbnb and Uber.