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They did all that, but they've also stirred the taxi ecosystem, which used to be full of rude dipshits who'd go the long way if they noticed you were not a local. Suddenly, they got competition in price and quality (the latter has been decaying).
I'm not defending Uber in any way.
true, taxi business everywhere has been a shitshow of sketchiness for such a "simple" concept