[martyvis]

It only was an "asset" because they created a restricted supply oligopoly. Somehow they were being rewarded for very ordinary service. Uber created a necessary disruption to shake up the identity.

[rvnx]

Licences could be non-transferable, to solve this "market".

In many jurisdictions these licences are given for free by the government, and can be sold 150k/200k+.