Europe had its own taxi revolution going on for more than a decade. From personal experience in my city, the companies trying to change the status quo did exploit loopholes they could find, but they did not went and blatantly disregarded the laws. Ultimately the case of taxis vs. &quot;people transport&quot; companies got solved in court, proper adjustments to the law were made, and everyone is happy. That&#x27;s how things should be done in a civilized society.<p>The superiority of Uber&#x27;s service over regular taxi is true (a bit smaller advantage over &quot;people transport&quot; companies we have in Europe, but Uber brought some &quot;innovative&quot; solutions to the continent too, like controlling taxi radio via Spotify...), but I absolutely disagree with the approach they take and even more I dislike the way this particular company behaves. There&#x27;s also some blame to be put on the governments too, for not reacting quickly and decisively enough (kudos to Germany for doing it right) - there&#x27;s little that can undermine the trust in the rule of law more than seeing people getting rich by ignoring the rules.