I’m not sure those are the same laws your parent is referring to. Uber was caught engaging in illegal lobbying (which in my vocabulary is simply called bribing officials) and labor violations. In addition to those they also frequently broke traffic laws and transport laws. The former two are the more worrying and what most people are angry about.

The latter two are also a concern given the total disregard and emphasis on private profit over public good. Where I come from there are pretty restrictive drug laws which public health officials have frequently pointed out are harmful for people with a substance abuse disorder. In response a non profit organization took a direct action and illegally provided safe use shelters for harm reduction with on-site medical professionals to observe safety. This is an example of somebody braking the laws for a public good.

What Uber did was for their own profit, and profit alone, irregardless of any public benefits. In fact there are examples of cities divesting in their public transit systems using ride hailing as an excuse. This is an example of Uber resulting in net harm, regardless of the effect they had on the traditional taxi companies.