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I didn't, never used it. So it's an app that hails you a taxi. Does that make Uber a taxi service?

by AndyNemmity 10y ago

chillacy 10y ago
No, 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 ago
  sending 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 ago
    I 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 ago
  They 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.
  - chillacy 10y ago
    Am I misunderstanding what uberTAXI is? It seems like the taxi sets the rate and runs the meter, uber simply forwards them the payment: https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3cl862/how_does_payment_work_with_ubertaxi_not_uberx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3cl862/how_does_pa... From what I've gathered, the old uberTaxi used to work differently, and that got banned in NYC, since the old version was using the phone as the meter.

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I didn't, never used it. So it's an app that hails you a taxi. Does that make Uber a taxi service?

by AndyNemmity 10y ago

I didn't, never used it. So it's an app that hails you a taxi. Does that make Uber a taxi service?

chillacy 10y ago
No, 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 ago
  sending 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 ago
    I 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 ago
  They 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.
  - chillacy 10y ago
    Am I misunderstanding what uberTAXI is? It seems like the taxi sets the rate and runs the meter, uber simply forwards them the payment: https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3cl862/how_does_payment_work_with_ubertaxi_not_uberx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3cl862/how_does_pa... From what I've gathered, the old uberTaxi used to work differently, and that got banned in NYC, since the old version was using the phone as the meter.