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I have never been able to understand Uber. They never invented anything new. Maybe there weren't e-hailing apps everywhere, but that's not so much better phoning for a taxi. The main thing they did was to spend an insane amount of money only to brush aside taxi regulations in the US and maybe some other countries. I have no idea how anyone expects to see a return on that "investment".
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