[hotspot_one]

Your view comes up every time. Basically you are claiming "Taxis sucked, so it was ok that Uber broke a lot of laws and social conventions to make the situation better".

And who knows, your view might be right.

[NoGravitas]

"Taxis are terrible" and "Uber is basically an illegal taxi company" can both be true things.

[robertlagrant]

Ultimately it will be better, because a temporary wrong is nowhere near as big as the ongoing, forever-accumulating better experience people have now. The only exception to that is that they should've background-checked drivers first.