I don't really understand why Morozov is singling out Uber here, aside from clickbait. The situation would be exactly the same if all the legacy taxi firms were

I don't really understand why Morozov is singling out Uber here, aside from clickbait. The situation would be exactly the same if all the legacy taxi firms were bought up by a multinational corporation. The issue is that governments are bad at raising revenues in the face of an increasingly globalized economic system. That's all there is to this. It's not a problem that is uniquely associated with Uber, successful startups, or even the tech industry in general. When governments don't rigorously enforce their own taxation requirements, and fail to eliminate gaping loopholes that are exploited with impunity, of course there is going to be an issue with government revenue streams. Though the concern about tax revenues here is legitimate, this article is more or less just more of Morozov's typical approach of finding a way to blame technology for deeper sociopolitical issues.