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Taxis are already making their own apps now in an effort to compete against uber. Medallions licences and other restrictions are gone out the window when cities
by ramy_d 10y ago
Taxis are already making their own apps now in an effort to compete against uber. Medallions licences and other restrictions are gone out the window when cities allowed uber to keep doing business. Whatever monopoly they had is gone. For all the terrible things uber is, they sure disrupted the ride industry.
- jellicle 10y agoIf you're selling $5 bills for $2, funded by venture capital, are you really disrupting the dollar bill industry? I mean, you are, in the dictionary sense of disrupting - you're messing it up. But in the Silicon Valley sense, this disruption is going to last right until the money runs out and then disappear without a trace. Uber will be a cautionary tale along the lines of Kozmo or Pets.com.
- ramy_d 10y agotaxis have apps now. Payments are handled before I step in the car. Common destinations are saved. ETAs are live. The entire Uber experience is now the defacto experience. Yeah I'd call that disrupted. If they don't survive it IDGAF.