>My guess is you're being ripped off because you're tourists.

This does not make it OK. If Uber solves this problem alone it will help lift the local economy.

I'm enough of HN comment reader to know you mean well, but I honestly don't think you are thinking this through clearly because of your personal experience. Keep in mind, I live in a small town in fly-over-country-USA, so I have no use for Uber.