Its not meaningless, just misdirected. Perhaps directing their angst at their own government which instituted these regulations would be a good start...

Makes other people less likely to drive for Uber, eh?

You mean just like setting fire to schools for girls will make it less likely that girls get educations?

Well, it will. That action is many things, but it's not meaningless.

Exactly like that, except against regulatory arbitrage rather than the religious suppression of women.

So this is the point where I say 'so terrorism is allowed when it's against something you disagree with', and you say 'one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter'?

I suppose, I guess almost all violence then becomes meaningful too. I guess unnecessary would be the better word.

Though really I just don't want to live on this planet anymore.

So keep engaging with it and helping lead it to change through example. However if you get tired of that, I hear there are applications to live in Mars. I have ambitious long-term plans to help impact this in a practical way if you're interested in hearing. I'm living in Toronto currently too. It feels like I am quite far away from having the team together I will need to execute it all, though hoping it's only around the corner.

And for taxis themselves; people who destroy other companies cars are not my favorite drivers.