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Uber and airbnb outcompeted them by offering lower prices and disregarded obviously outdated laws. The phone was what actually disrupted the industry not the actual services.


> disregarded obviously outdated laws

That's disruption?


Not in its technical sense but if you want to understand what they did its important to take into account as it obviously worked.




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