[Reedx]

> Airbnb, like Uber, took advantage of regulatory inefficiencies instead of market inefficiencies.

How quickly we forget... There were huge inefficiencies and Uber was an order of magnitude better than what we had.

Getting a taxi was difficult and unreliable. Ask anyone who used to use them in SF. Uber was like magic in comparison.

[emodendroket]

Part of what I wonder is how much worse the experience would really be if you were using an app to hail a yellow cab.

[slededit]

Just like when you'd call in dispatch they might come or they might not. Who knows.

[emodendroket]

No reason you couldn't copy the whole accept, show map, etc. feature set