[rahimnathwani]

"The law should apply equally to everyone"

In this case, the law doesn't apply equally to everyone. Holders of existing taxi licenses actively lobby to restrict the issuance of additional licenses. This isn't new: https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork/articl...

[_joe]

The solution to that is to allow more licences, and maybe to use those new licences to compensate current drivers for the loss of value of the licence they bought.

Allowing a corporation to just ignore existing regulations while everyone else is respecting them is a completely different story.

Let me add: I have very little sympathy for the taxi drivers guild and their practices, but I don't think that's a good reason to allow Uber to operate outside of the law.

[rahimnathwani]

Yup

[ubernostrum]

And Uber heavily subsidizes ride costs in an attempt to put competition out of business.

Why do you favor one rent-seeking monopolist over another?

[rahimnathwani]

I made no statement for, against or about Uber. I just said the taxi laws don't treat people equally.