”What exactly are Uber's options in a city where the scam is supported by politicians?” The management could always open up a pizza company. If your business

”What exactly are Uber's options in a city where the scam is supported by politicians?” The management could always open up a pizza company. If your business model sucks because it depends on regulators giving you a break, that’s on you. No business has the right to be profitable, that’s how capitalism works. If Uber however lawfully changes the regulations with the help of the court system, they need to understand they aren’t a special snowflake that are the only ones allowed in on the market.