Yeah that seems like a decent outcome. And for those shouting now "oh we're going back to the taxi monopolies, it's horrible" I say: Yes. It's horrible. Obvious

Yeah that seems like a decent outcome. And for those shouting now "oh we're going back to the taxi monopolies, it's horrible" I say: Yes. It's horrible. Obviously so. But at least now there's some actual room for improvement without the air already being sucked out of the market by one big player. Forcing market players to actually abide by the laws means someone (and this might well be Uber, but it's fine if it's someone else) can now come up with a solution that is both usable and follows local legislation, without being killed right out of the gates by an overfunded competitor that draws much of its market power from disregarding said legislation. Uber was a local optimum. They have a choice to keep searching, but it seems they were too comfortable with things as they were.