Uber, for all its faults, may be a vast improvement on the USA approach to taxis. In many of the other countries Uber has presence it has done damage to a sect

Uber, for all its faults, may be a vast improvement on the USA approach to taxis. In many of the other countries Uber has presence it has done damage to a sector that was not horribly corrupt or inefficient. Yet the workers and governments still have to react to rule breaking that effectively treats everywhere on the planet as some US city with a broken and corrupt taxi system. In the UK I would call Uber a very marginal increase in convenience (all taxis have apps if that's your preferred method), but absolutely and demonstrably significantly worse in terms of safety, discriminatory practices, and worker's incomes. So overall I don't think it is too harsh, at least here.