It's not cheating anyone when both parties knowingly agree to the terms. This is just heavy handed regulation that destroys options for workers and consumers.
> From 2014 to 2017, Uber deducted sales taxes and Black Car Fund fees from drivers’ payments when those taxes and fees should have been paid by passengers. Uber misrepresented the deductions made to drivers’ pay in their terms of service, telling drivers that Uber would only deduct its commission from the drivers’ fare, and that drivers were “entitled to charge [the passenger] for any tolls, taxes or fees incurred,” though no method to do this was ever provided via the Uber Driver app.
It's analogous to saying that robbery at gunpoint isn't "cheating", because both sides agree to the terms. Technically it's not "cheating", but that's not the aspect most people care about.
No they are not, otherwise they could freely set the fare and the market would decide the final price, not Uber or Lyft. Clearly that's not the case here.