[mcphage]

> It is sometimes said that Uber was started based on Kalanick's Randian free market ideas. And at a superficial level, it sorta looks free market - the price responds to supply and demand for instance.

If you need to pump billions of dollars into the market every few months, it's definitely not free.

[koolba]

If the money is coming from the private sector and not the government then it is free.

[mcphage]

It's coming from outside the market.