I don't disagree with many of the points argued in this article (and the subsequent two articles).
An interesting piece of anecdotal evidence, I recently had a conversation with a Yellow Cab (or similar) driver in NYC who switched back to a cab from Uber. He pays, if I recall correctly, $900 per week to the taxi company and after that is able to keep all wages and tips. His $900 is owed regardless of the amount of fares he receives. Despite this, he still felt this was a better deal than Uber after doing both. So it doesn't appear that the cab cartel is some sort of myth, as the author seems to imply.
An interesting piece of anecdotal evidence, I recently had a conversation with a Yellow Cab (or similar) driver in NYC who switched back to a cab from Uber. He pays, if I recall correctly, $900 per week to the taxi company and after that is able to keep all wages and tips. His $900 is owed regardless of the amount of fares he receives. Despite this, he still felt this was a better deal than Uber after doing both. So it doesn't appear that the cab cartel is some sort of myth, as the author seems to imply.