> But the line between "just cutting a few corners" and prosecutable criminality isn't nearly as bright as we in the peanut gallery like to think. Lots of very successful startup launches (Uber and AirBnB are famous examples) were kinda/sorta/prettymuch illegal by the plain language of the laws they were (not) operating under.

Not prosecuted, and not prosecutable, are two different things.

> And they got stinking rich!

Which in no way validates their actions, ethically nor legally.