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I think there's an element of principle to it. I certainly feel that way, and it appears the majority does as well. App GPS, app payment, star ratings... these
by RickS 11y ago
I think there's an element of principle to it. I certainly feel that way, and it appears the majority does as well.
App GPS, app payment, star ratings... these are not new things. And yet the taxi industry couldn't be bothered to better itself until a higher quality service came through and gutted their profits.
Consumers suffered some universally abhorrent treatment for years because taxis flat out don't give a fuck. And now, what.. all is expected to be forgiven because they're suddenly in the app store?
They made this bed. They can lie in it.
- habosa 11y agoThat is the biggest point in favor of Uber, their threat made some taxi operators attempt to get their act together. I think that in a few years Uber will learn to give as few fucks (to borrow your phrasing) as taxi companies do today. Most of the current taxi drivers will become Uber drivers, Uber will have too many riders to do reasonable customer service, and there will be no incentive to go the extra mile for customers when there is no entrenched competition to outshine. The only reason I bother playing the devil's advocate in pro-Uber threads is because I don't like how they got here. They used VC money to barrel into ever major city and actively ignore the law. It's just one more symptom of the problem that having a billion dollars in America makes you above the law.