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Other private hire companies existed 10 years ago, they were just generally telephone based rather than internet-based.
by makomk 7y ago
Other private hire companies existed 10 years ago, they were just generally telephone based rather than internet-based.
- jason0597 7y agoAdd to that that then-telephone-only private hire companies are moving to the internet, you're now left with the question of what makes Uber better than another private hire company
- isostatic 7y agoUbiquity -- Uber works in London, but it also works in Manchester, and Cardiff, and New York, and Sydney Addison Lee works in London.
- ajdlinux 7y agoAnd generally more expensive luxury private hire services rather than cheaper-than-taxi hire services, as UberX typically is.
- stuaxo 7y agoUber has almost completely wiped these out. There used to be loads of taxi offices, you would go in and talk to a human and outside you would get into a taxi. Now, the offices still exist - but if you go in, it's just an empty room with a phone for you to speak to some central room. Uber has killed all these small businesses.