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Ridesharing services like Uber have become the new anti-regulation rallying point

Daniel Rivero (@TooMuchMe) interviewed Brian Solis to get his thoughts on politicians who are placing roadblocks in front of Uber and other ridesharing services over at Fusion.net.

Solis told Fusion that the taxi industry, and others being affected by like-minded services (think hotels and Airbnb) will simply have to adapt.  “You can stand there and force politics onto anything that threatens you, but all you’re going to do is stall the inevitable, and cost everyone a everyone a lot of time, money and grief,” Solis said. “If the laws are protecting things that consumers don’t want, then conservatives can step in and say ‘that is wrong.’ But, regulating that [sector] is killing progress.”

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