I fail to see how "this is not bad because this other thing is also bad" is a valid argument. Sure, the medallion taxi system has bad things about it. But then

I fail to see how "this is not bad because this other thing is also bad" is a valid argument. Sure, the medallion taxi system has bad things about it. But then Uber - Pays low, doesn't pay benefits, yadda yadda. All the stuff I assume people generally mean when they talk about "the kids hating on Uber" - Went into towns and actively broke the law (bypassing the current taxi system). Sure, "civil disobedience" and all that, but the people that actually paid any real price for that disobedience (https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/No-fair-say-Uber-drivers-slapped-with-SFO-tickets-13164958.php?psid=l6GeW https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/No-fair-say-Ube...) - Uber is burning money in order to corner the market. Eventually they're going to either go under or change their entire pricing structure. Nobody is going to win when that happens. There's a reason countries wield financial weapons when other countries start dumping like that; it's bad for everyone involved but the dumper.