I was going to write something clever and apropos regarding smoking as an analogy - but actually I can't be arsed. Brenda McViking you're talking complete shit.
This isn't keeping the gravy train going, it is addressing the shortcomings of one of the new operators. The monopoly you speak of is dying, and has been for 30 years - it'll be a while yet, but its final dissolution is probably inevitable.
Uber's basic principle is great - use the internet to make personalised transport easy and more cost effective.
Their detailed business model of 'and damn everything else' is not acceptable, and needs to change.
Since the regulators only have one recourse, they are using it. I am sure that they will do a deal in court announce the win, and then hopefully obey the law. After all the actual rules they have been told to follow really are not that onerous.
Alternatively (and I'm all in favour of this) get Parliament to make the board personally responsible for the crimes of their contractors or employees where they cannot show that they took sufficient steps to ensure such crimes did not happen - and get a proper extradition treaty in place so it can bite.
In fact personally I'd do that anyway for EVERY company with a balance sheet or turnover of more than say £100m.
Make them earn their salaries for once.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
