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If Uber were simply an app that connected people and handled payment (for a fee) without exerting any other control, that would fit the parable.
Instead, Uber exerts all kinds of control over the drivers and is simply replacing one incumbent with regulatory capture with another incumbent.
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If Uber were simply an app that connected people and handled payment (for a fee) without exerting any other control, that would fit the parable.
Instead, Uber exerts all kinds of control over the drivers and is simply replacing one incumbent with regulatory capture with another incumbent.