Re: You mean the government bodies are feeling the heat??
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.
I see your point about the fares, but what on earth does a better booking system have to do with side-stepping dealing with the government?
If local taxi firms provided a decent app/website showing customers where their taxi actually is (although granted it would probably default to "just around the corner") and allowed them to pay easily using that app/site they'd have 90% of what makes Uber good, I think.