Exactly. Uber is doing all of the work on the regulation front, which benefits any company wanting to do the same thing. And I would imagine the barrier to entry is already fairly low.
Uber is behaving extremely anti-competitive, as far as directly calling Lyft rides and then cancelling as soon as the car arrives during important days (like Christmas) hundreds of times.
Uber has been fighting against other competitors, too, with predatory pricing, or by directly trying to use the regulations (that uber itself breaks) against competitors.
The barrier to entry for uber competitors is only going up since uber exists in several countries.
I heard about the recruitment tactics, but I've never heard about holiday cancellations.
Do you have any evidence of this?
And there are many more sources, this is just the first one can find on Google.
That being said, disrupting availability on sensitive days (ex. holidays) could make a lot more sense in terms of sabotaging a competitor, which is why I was keen to see evidence of that. Unfortunately the link you provided has no evidence of holiday cancellations.
Sounds like Comcast and ATT. None of them better than the other, fighting about who is going to have the monopoly.