There are lots of outdated laws, and executives work around them all the time. In fact, the chief executive of the US just recently did exactly that, and not for the first time. So proclaiming "oh, it's the law, there's nothing to be done" is ignoring the reality at best. At worst, it's a trick since the people who talk about "nothing to be done" are exactly the same ones who ensure the law stays in place as is.

>>> technology that is still very new to regulators.

So the natural reaction of course to ban it. Just in case.

>>> I don't like Uber as a company

You understand you liking or not liking them has nothing to do with their rights to do business, moreover - their rights should not depend on them being likable in any state that wants to call itself the state governed by laws and not by whims?