You mean the government bodies are feeling the heat??
The Taxi drivers are hacked off, but rightly so.
You have to lay down a fair chunk of change to get the necessary credentials to be a Taxi driver, then negotiate any number of annoying by-laws and deal with red-tape.
You'd be annoyed if someone came along with a better booking system and cheaper fares because they side-stepped all the costs involved with dealing with the government.
Not saying the Taxi system doesn't need a good shake-up, but when the other guy isn't paying his way like you do it's kinda unfair.