[toomuchtodo]

Is "Just take an Uber" going to be the new "Let them eat cake"?

If the NSA can siphon data between Google datacenters, who is Google going to complain to when a government severs their fiber? They don't appear to be doing so well in China, so clearly it can be done.

[krapp]

I remember when the thread about Uber's problems in Germany appeared, several German posters mentioned that they were perfectly satisfied with the existing, regulated system there.

Uber's argument that regulation = 'innovation stifling economic collapse' doesn't always track, not every market is New York or SF and not everyone is willing to accept at-will employment for slave wages with total personal liability.

Still, I think it will be interesting to see how far Uber is willing to push and how hard states are willing to push back.