[latchkey]

> Crypto allows for the evasion of laws.

Uber allowed anyone to drive without a taxi medallion.

AirBnB allowed anyone to turn a home into a hotel.

Amazon allowed anyone to buy a book online, without having to go to a book store.

Not everything is about evasion of laws.

[rightbyte]

The first two examples were probably illegal (taxi laws, zoneing laws) but since big tech did it they weren't crushed and now it is de facto legal.

[latchkey]

"probably"... also ask yourself who lobbied the hardest to make those laws...

[namaria]

Great examples. Heavily subsidized under-employment scheme, profiteering squeezing residential space out of communities where young people are paying upwards of half their income in rent and giant logistics sweatshops laying waste to local commerce.

[latchkey]

"how it started / how it is going" analysis of what happened to some, not all, markets.

[JohnFen]

Uber was absolutely about the evasion of laws. They went out of their way to break the law and to avoid detection of their lawbreaking. It's the main reason why I will never use Uber.

[latchkey]

By extension of the argument, does this mean you also won't use USD? Plenty of people and even governments use it to break laws too.

[JohnFen]

That's not a parallel argument. It would be a better one if I avoided using Uber because other people used Uber for criminal activity. That's not my stance. My stance is that I avoid Uber because of Uber's criminal activity.

[latchkey]

“I avoid USD because of US govt criminal activity.”

[FireBeyond]

LOL. Uber literally had systems that would detect suspected LE usage and actively lie about rides.

AirBnB openly listed properties that it knew (NYC) were illegal and had been told so.

[OkayPhysicist]

Your first two examples were predicated on the evasion of laws, and the taxi example literally states what law it was evading.

[latchkey]

Tax medallion's were created by the Taxi industry to regulate "cabs" and keep the grift going.

Using your own car as a way to give people rides, and get paid for it, fell into a grey zone because nobody had actually thought to do that before.

Let's also not forget that this is a global business with different "laws" all over the place.