>Don't forget that the "innovator" is operating illegally in many jurisdictions and is actively trying to buy protection (i.e., lobbying).

Don't forget their most unfair practice of kicking out rude and bad drivers that provide terrible customer service. If the cabs can do that, people would like them too, but that's just a totally ridiculous thought.

In most places it is completely legal. Street hailing is different than dispatch hailing in most jurisdictions.

In others jurisdictions it is gray territory and some govs err on the side of the taxis. But I don't really know of many jurisdictions were it is outright illegal.

In Toronto, it feels like the entire public is on Uber's side. But that could be good PR as well, since I can only poll my circle of friend-users.

read: don't forget that innovation has been made illegal due to pressure by certain cartels and outsiders must form political alliances to circumvent them.

Gee. I'm sure that's not how the incumbent system was created in the first place, or anything.