This is a repeating pattern we need to address on a meta-level to avoid an outcome that I think none of us think is optimal.

- private company innovates a service that people use all the time - private company is so successful it displaces other, existing, methods of doing the same - private company becomes defacto monopoly in many cases - private company withdraws service from problem users - those users are left with no options

In the case of Uber, it is kind of obvious, as there are areas where they have displaced (put out if business) numerous private cab and car service companies.

Each step is a reasonable progression through our system. I don’t think anyone should be blamed for each step.

But the final result is beyond Orwellian.