Full disclosure: I just accepted a job offer from Uber. Uber pays a significant amount of licensing fees to Google for use of it's data. Further - Why would ma

Full disclosure: I just accepted a job offer from Uber. Uber pays a significant amount of licensing fees to Google for use of it's data. Further - Why would making use of a freely available mapping backend be 'socializing the cost' in a way that is unfair competition to taxis? Taxis refuse unprofitable rides. Uber hides your destination until the driver picks you up, and keeps track of drivers that cancel. Ever tried to get a taxi in the slums? Wasn't possible before Uber. Ever try to get a taxi as a black man? Was pretty hard. Uber is imperfect, and your questions of how good their insurance is are valid, but everything else you've pointed out is a problem that the Taxis had, generally worse, not one that is new to uber.