When will Uber cease to be a start up or a premium service or some other classification of company that allows them to skirt the laws that their direct competit

When will Uber cease to be a start up or a premium service or some other classification of company that allows them to skirt the laws that their direct competitors have to abide by? A large part of the argument isn't whether or not the gouging is acceptable, it's that Uber/Lyft/new ride app is allowed to loophole itself into "current market rates".