Unless the apps shut down I don't think any kind of protests like this will ever go that noticed by the public. There's close to 100,000 FHVs in the city right now... unless you had a concerted effort, for every driver protesting I suspect there's 10 more to take their place and take advantage of the situation. Plus cabs of course. Uber and Lyft are evil so I'm not bashing protestors but their battle is a pretty big uphill