Unfortunately, many people have a weird fetish for "disruption", and use it to justify pretty much any type of behavior. They also view laws and regulations as

Unfortunately, many people have a weird fetish for "disruption", and use it to justify pretty much any type of behavior. They also view laws and regulations as inefficient, and don't understand that they often exist for good reasons (such as consumer protection). If Uber ends up putting taxi companies out of business and becomes dominant, THEN we will see its true face and start hearing arguments for regulating it.