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What is Uber except for a kind of insane taxi hailing system? Here today, gone tomorrow!

• crivabene 10y ago
  A taxi hailing system valued 70 billion.
  • Safety1stClyde 10y ago
    Exactly, it's valued at 70 billion and it's a taxi hailing system.
  • Markoff 10y ago
    myspace was also valued pretty high in past, so was Yahoo i can live without Uber, there are tons of LEGAL alternatives respecting local laws, we don't really need this bully company
• beezischillin 10y ago
  Uber has it's ups: it's easy to use, it's a great option for travel abroad, where getting a cab is more complicated. It is, on the other hand, highly unprofessional. When you call a cab, you know you're gonna get a cab and probably get to your destination without much fuss. When you call an uber there's a pretty definite chance of the driver that accepts your fare just drives by you and pisses off. That's a problem, especially when you're in a hurry. Legality and morality-wise, however it's a completely different bag: they not only skirt and exploit laws that are made for the passenger's safety, that actual taxi drivers can't just skimp on, thus having a highly immoral and gray-to-illegal advantage over them. They also dodge taxes, like there's no tomorrow and they refuse to comply with any sort of regulations or legal pressure to compete fairly - they just leave. Overall their presence is a net loss to a country. I would take the more expensive, flawed, but reliable option to a cheaper, unreliable option that also causes damage via predatory behaviour, thank you.
  • Markoff 10y ago
    not sure how is Uber easier than any other taxi app, they are all pretty generic/same. agreed with rest of the comment