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

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.