[fstuff]

You missed a couple steps

- hire a PR firm to flood new cities with stories of how g great uber is

- build up a huge rider and driver base by offering riders deep discounts and drivers big bonuses

- when threaten with regulations email the user base asking them to contact city officials because regulators are stifling innovation and limiting consumer choice... asnd throw in a line about taxis being old and crappy. They did this exactly when it wad announced London banned them.

[simplyluke]

In Austin they canvased the city with people literally knocking on doors over a requirement for drivers to be fingerprinted.

There was some nuance to it and valid points being made by both the city and Uber but Uber's absolutely over the top response and absolutism turned a lot of residents of the city off of them.

[badminton1]

> build up a huge rider and driver base by offering riders deep discounts and drivers big bonuses

So true. They subsidized rides and operated at a loss just to capture all the market, then backstabbed the drivers to profitability.

Now there are drivers below minimum wage.

[londons_explore]

Successfully. They're still operating in London.

[likelynew]

What. I didn't know that.