[gphil]

It's troubling that this is where the entrepreneurial ethos is heading. But it's hardly surprising with the leaders of the "sharing economy" almost ubiquitously operating illegally, enticing their customers and contractors to be complicit in illegal behavior, and flouting existing regulations. To make matters worse, governments are even letting them get away with it in many cases.

[TeMPOraL]

It's actually destabilizing on societal level. Those companies usually offer very good service for the customer, dumping the risk on third parties. The government tries to step in, and then faces loud opposition from general population who likes the service and cannot for the world understand why the administration thinks there's a problem.

[Thriptic]

What's the solution then?

[TeMPOraL]

I don't know. I just wish local government would have more balls, acted more decisively. AFAIK Germany is the only one who successfuly managed to (mostly) get rid of Uber.