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uber is not a taxi company
by xname2 10y ago
uber is not a taxi company
- spriggan3 10y agoMy bad, uber is running illegal taxi operations in a lot of countries, that's why its illegal taxi service was shut down in many countries and cities around the world.
- AndyNemmity 10y agoJust googled Taxi Service. Uber is the third listing under Yellow Cab, and Discount Cab. Looking at Uber's SEO, they have a lot of listings like "Request taxi cabs from your phone with uberTAXI" on their home page in the source. 52 entries. Strange for a company that isn't a taxi company to advertise their taxis.
- Dylan16807 10y agoWanting to show up when you search for taxi doesn't tell you if it's a taxi. Like a cable company showing up when you search DSL, it's not strange at all. UberTAXI gets you non-uber taxi cars, more or less. That's not their main service, and doesn't tell you whether their main service is a taxi service.
- AndyNemmity 10y agoI don't get any cable companies that show up when I search DSL.
- Dylan16807 10y agoOkay? It's just an example of a product with a close substitute product. I'm having trouble prodding google into showing many ads, but personally when I search for dsl service I see an ad for home 4G internet.
- AndyNemmity 10y agoI don't get ads, I have them all blocked in a hosts file.
- sokoloff 10y agoIf I google "cambridge ma dsl", the 5th result is Comcast and the 6th is RCN cable.
- hueving 10y agoMethinks you don't know what uberTAXI is.
- AndyNemmity 10y agoI didn't, never used it. So it's an app that hails you a taxi. Does that make Uber a taxi service?
- chillacy 10y agoNo, unless they're paying the drivers. They're basically providing an interface to find taxis. Just like how Amazon can sell you a pack of Coke without being a food manufacturer. Or blogs can bring affiliate traffic to Amazon without being PCI compliant. Kayak and Hipmunk can get you a plane ticket without being an airline company. Etc.
- iRobbery 10y agosending referrals to a site or handling payments are quite different. There are plenty of definitions of the word taxi in many languages that simply mean a person transporting you from a to b exchange for money. Doesnt say it gets exchange with the driver, nor are you saying that uberdriver drives around for fun and games. He does get paid to transport people from a to b. The typical business of a taxi service :)
- chillacy 10y agoI was responding to a comment about uberTAXI which is AFAIK a service where uber sends you to an existing legal taxi cab, who then runs the meter as he sees fit, and then charges you through uber.
- AndyNemmity 10y agoThey are paying the drivers, and they set the rates. I think them setting the rate of fares is a big indicator they are a taxi service. Amazon doesn't set the price of a pack of Coke, unless they are also distributing said coke through Amazon.