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Agree. The UberX experience is just getting worse and worse over time in NYC - won't be long before it gets to yellow cab levels, if not worse. UberBlack is fi
by potatolicious 10y ago
Agree. The UberX experience is just getting worse and worse over time in NYC - won't be long before it gets to yellow cab levels, if not worse.
UberBlack is fine as always, you get what you pay for.
Drivers are getting consistently worse - both in knowledge of streets and in general behavior. I'm a bit sympathetic - they're getting squeezed hard by Uber and the system can be draconian - but the reality is that I get more asshole behavior from UberX drivers nowadays than I do from yellow cabs, which are at least consistent in their mediocrity.
I feel like UberX is going to go down as a brief, glimmering moment when ridehailing was cheap and good, before economic reality picked one of the above, not both.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoUberX is becoming UberLateModelPrius here in SF
- potatolicious 10y agoI'm less concerned about it being UberLateModelPrius (a not-fancy car was always part of the deal with X), but I've noticed last time in SF it was becoming UberFilthyLateModelPriusWithRudeDriver. That I do mind. They're becoming just like the cabs they replaced, just without the brightly colored paint jobs.
- ethanbond 10y agoAnd insurance policies + regulations (even if said regulations go unenforced more than they should).
- xapata 10y agoAFAIK many states require (and Uber provides) commercial insurance while a rider is in the car.
- pjc50 10y agoWhat happened to the legendary driver ratings system enforcing politeness?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoHigh turnover would be my guess. The rude driver you see is on his way out, only to be quickly replaced by another one.