The government sold taxis the right to pick up people from the side of the road without previous contact.  They still have that and uber doesn&#x27;t.  They haven&#x27;t lost anything but business to a better service that doesn&#x27;t need that right.<p>If this were real estate it would be the government paying a slumlord money to make up for the fact that they approved a new apartment building next door which is nicer with lower rent.