The irony of law abiding vigilante drivers beating up regulation abritraging drivers
In English "advise", alas, not used in the common language in regards to mail, like it is used in Polish (and Czech?).
Collins ...in British English (əˈvaɪzəʊ) - NOUN
"a boat carrying messages; a dispatch-boat"
For whatever reason, in the US the crowd self-selected towards the immigrant population, whereas in many less developed countries it went towards the bare knuckle boxing type of crowd. No wonder that the latter didn't hesitate to use their knuckles on Uber drivers, whereas in the US that rarely ever happened.
You dont know how much you will pay (their estimates are always too low) and the first questions by the driver are to check if you know the town. If you dont sound like a local, then they will drive you through the longest route possible. And worst: you can do nothing about it. No way to report the licensed driver. Before uber it was like a license to steal.
In uber you can give 1 star - so the cheaters dont get any customers + you have some idea of price and route.
Or the taxi driver can be made aware of the bad reviews and they'd have to do a deal with the app user, e.g. a fixed price with a 20% discount, for a fair review. (Rough idea, there are probably bigger issues when you're dealing with crooked drivers).
Who's going to go file a complain? Uber running illegal taxis? Judges looking into this would be delighted for Uber to get a local presence in order for them to file a complain so the police could arrest a few of their executives...