If these businesses weren't for profit, I would see no issue. The problem, however, is as soon as there is a profit motive and a third party (ie the App Developer) pulling money out of the system, then it gets regulated.
Avoid that component, like a FreeTaxiApp, and I see no real way or reason for them to be regulated differently than telephone dispatch companies.
If we're really all about the sharing economy, why do these non-capital intensive systems need to be for-profit? Wikipedia works, and it doesn't ev
In London, there are enough taxis in the area, that all you really need to do is raise your arm and hail a cab, when ones passes with a "For Hire" sign. You couldn't make an app that simpler. Some hotels and conference center receptions have a hotline telephone straight to the taxi cab office.
If the taxi cab dispatch offices brought out there own "app", they could cover every other part of the city.
The Issue is the For-Profit Nature (Score:0)
If these businesses weren't for profit, I would see no issue. The problem, however, is as soon as there is a profit motive and a third party (ie the App Developer) pulling money out of the system, then it gets regulated.
Avoid that component, like a FreeTaxiApp, and I see no real way or reason for them to be regulated differently than telephone dispatch companies.
If we're really all about the sharing economy, why do these non-capital intensive systems need to be for-profit? Wikipedia works, and it doesn't ev
Re:The Issue is the For-Profit Nature (Score:2)
In London, there are enough taxis in the area, that all you really need to do is raise your arm and hail a cab, when ones passes with a "For Hire" sign.
You couldn't make an app that simpler. Some hotels and conference center receptions have a hotline telephone straight to the taxi cab office.
If the taxi cab dispatch offices brought out there own "app", they could cover every other part of the city.