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Is following the law optional if you're able to break it at scale?


These laws are effectively retroactive wrt Uber, and are protectionist nonsense anyway. Good luck.


How are they retroactive? Did Uber not have reasonable time to comply? They are a young company, how can they be too calcified to react?


Dutch constitution explicitly prohibits ex post facto laws. This is in no way a retroactive law




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