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1. ThePhysicist · 1790411201 · focus · HN ↗

   Move fast and break t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ the law. Because the law moves very slowly.

   1. Loughla · 1790429083 · focus · HN ↗

      I genuinely thought that was the baseline assumption in that statement.

      Uber only exists because it ignored taxi regulations long enough to be too big to kill, right?

      1. mitxela · 1790430264 · focus · HN ↗

         And by the clever move of pitching itself as ride sharing between casual users, don't forget. If they were offering "call a taxi" from the start, the outcome may have been very different. People still say "call an Uber" and not "call a taxi with Uber".

         1. ryandrake · 1790475279 · focus · HN ↗

            Airbnb did the same thing: Lie that their business was merely about providing a few bucks to people with a spare sofa in their house, rather than what it really was: Enabling setting up illegal hotel businesses.

            1. hermitShell · 1790614386 · focus · HN ↗

               Didn't Spotify also start by streaming a whole bunch of pirated music?

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