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"the app of your uber/lyft driver will already have your destination." So does modern taxis. It's strange that when topic comes to taxis vs Uber/Lyft here, it
by kbart 9y ago
"the app of your uber/lyft driver will already have your destination."
So does modern taxis. It's strange that when topic comes to taxis vs Uber/Lyft here, it looks like taxis in US are very archaic. I live in Europe and taxis started using apps/GPS/SMS/time and price approximation etc. long before Uber, is it so different in other parts of the world?
- andromeduck 9y agoI think it existed but just wasn't very good. The tipping culture and cabbie nagging here also kind of defeats most of the value from those estimates.
- rockinghigh 9y agoWhich country in Europe had a taxi app before Uber?
- ergothus 9y agoMy (US) last taxi ride was 3 years ago and it had GPS the driver didn't want to use and no price estimation. The big deal was that it now had a device where I could slide my card instead of the driver doing so. 4 years ago was the last time I called for a taxi. Took 20 minutes to get it (lyft takes 3 min in the same time of day), and the first taxi company didn't service my area (but did cover the opposite side of the street I later discovered). So yeah, archaic.