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I do not like the idea that tipping is required for sustainable pay.

tipping should be a bonus, for a job well done. Tipping is meant to be a reward for extra-mile service. Tipping is NOT for just merely doing the job.

By making tipping part of sustainable wage, you're just subsidising the wages that the employer should be paying. It's both unfair and unethical.

I'm paying the person I received the service from. Me handing someone extra cash is neither unfair nor unethical.

If you feel like Uber is doing something wrong there's a trivial solution. Just pay your driver more.

Sure it doesn't solve Uber's problems, it doesn't change the behavior of anyone else, but it does solve your personal culpability. (If you feel you have such culpability)

Tipping is horrible and incentivizes the worker to prioritize people who tip/ are likely to tip and underperform for people who do not/or are likely not to.

You can see this play out in the food service industry and it is horrible and only contributes to a culture of soft-discrimination.

Sounds like a pretty unsustainable business model to me.