FWIW I've used Uber like 4 times, never in Europe (twice in Seattle, twice in Buenos Aires). I got mixed results, including several drivers in BA cancelling on

FWIW I've used Uber like 4 times, never in Europe (twice in Seattle, twice in Buenos Aires). I got mixed results, including several drivers in BA cancelling on me after asking me where I'm going (??) and if I'm paying cash (I wasn't). It is annoying to book the service, wait about 10 minutes for the car to finish their previous run, get the driver on the chat asking you that then cancelling on you. It turned a 30 minutes drive in a 60 minutes trip because I had various cancellations. On the other hand I can see how Uber might appeal to certain folks that like to be treated as royalty despite being working class like the majority of us are. And no, the "technological advances" (sic) of Uber are not a difference. I can book cabs the same way with an app pretty much in any big city these days.