> Have you talked to actual women? Ask them if they feel safer in an Uber, in a Taxi or in BART. Seriously go try this experiment. Assuming you're in the Bay Ar

> Have you talked to actual women? Ask them if they feel safer in an Uber, in a Taxi or in BART. Seriously go try this experiment. Assuming you're in the Bay Area, ask 10 of your closest female friends. I am in the Bay Area, and the biggest proponent of taxis over Uber that I know is female. The only woman I know that uses Uber does so because her boyfriend is a code monkey at Uber and so they'd get a few rides for free each month. Of my friends that use "ride sharing" apps, they almost all use Lyft exclusively because they find Uber so reprehensible. I also see plenty of vehicles signed for Lyft alone or Lyft + Uber, but almost never see Uber only vehicles. As a woman how do you feel about Uber fighting background checks tooth and nail? Or how about this? http://time.com/5023287/uber-threatened-journalist-sarah-lacy/ http://time.com/5023287/uber-threatened-journalist-sarah-lac... Or this? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/technology/uber-india-rape-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/technology/uber-india-rap... Or this? http://www.newsweek.com/uber-and-lyft-drivers-accused-more-120-rapes-and-sexual-assaults-report-906544 http://www.newsweek.com/uber-and-lyft-drivers-accused-more-1... And, really, Kalanick using Uber for sex (a.k.a. Boober) doesn't bother you in the slightest? Good for you then. > People are not stupid. If it was a raw deal for them then they'll jump ship https://www.recode.net/2017/2/28/14766964/video-uber-travis-kalanick-driver-argument https://www.recode.net/2017/2/28/14766964/video-uber-travis-... So this guy is an idiot then? How exactly do you get out of an auto loan that you're now underwater on because Uber decided to turn the screws on you? > I think you forget that the OP that prompted my response I am the author of the comment you replied to. I'm happy to be convinced but marketing doublespeak like "engineering excellence" isn't convincing in any manner. Uber develops an app and spends a ton on marketing. Beyond that Uber externalizes almost all of its costs. That's trivial to scale compared to actually scaling a transit company that has to invest in infrastructure.