This is going to lead to messy public arguments, at least in part driven by existing cab drivers that will be seeking rents from the successful upstarts.
I think this tactic was used before in other historically disrupted industries...the incumbents would push for unionization to keep inefficient players on life support, at the cost of the upstarts.
Note I'm not opposed to people's freedom to unionize. In fact, it should not take an act of government to "permit it", and people should do it if they want. It's just the unintended consequences and manipulation of the move to unionize that are interesting.
I think this tactic was used before in other historically disrupted industries...the incumbents would push for unionization to keep inefficient players on life support, at the cost of the upstarts.
Note I'm not opposed to people's freedom to unionize. In fact, it should not take an act of government to "permit it", and people should do it if they want. It's just the unintended consequences and manipulation of the move to unionize that are interesting.