Your reasons are relevant and important as a list of threats to Uber, but just listing them out doesn't prove that Uber cannot overcome them. #1: Yes, but the

Your reasons are relevant and important as a list of threats to Uber, but just listing them out doesn't prove that Uber cannot overcome them. #1: Yes, but they can win. For example, here we have Uber with the advantage against heavy opposition from one of the most entrenched taxi markets in the world: http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/uber_gets_london_green_light_black_XNUC7XI8mIZEovAMpNlhxK http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/uber_gets_london_green_ligh... #2 Sure, and Uber has been dealing with this surprisingly well considering the challenges involved. #3, #4, these are more of a moral attack on Uber as being bad for the populace they serve. Correct or not, it doesn't necessarily mean they will fail. Finally, in #3-#5 there is a big element of the idea that there will be mass vigilante violence against Uber which will shut it down. This is certainly possible (as with the anti-tech protests in the Bay), but its implications reach far beyond Uber. Violence here represents a data point in a larger war between communities with declining opportunities and declining income and the tech sector. I do not think the mobs will win.