This may buttress your point: in Denmark there are very strict labor laws and a very old taxi medallion cartel. Taxi drivers must be guaranteed a base pay, be insured, certified, so on and so forth. At any given time dozens of taxis can be seen queuing up for their right to a ride with no one taking them. Those drivers are all being guaranteed a very high rate and they all drive Mercedes Benz.

We had Uber for a short period and consumers loved it. The taxi medallion cartel got together and pressured the Danish government to push on Uber. The government complied with hefty fines. Uber left.

Now things are back to what they were: hundreds of taxis idling somewhere in Denmark to protect the cartel and no one taking taxis because it's literally 50 dollars for a 15 minute ride. It sucks. Everybody hates it except the taxi services. I really hope this isn't what happens in the States.