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I'm not entirely sure it's fair to say that London's minicab market was particularly corrupt. Uber's real success in London was marketing and investment meaning
by cnorthwood 7y ago
I'm not entirely sure it's fair to say that London's minicab market was particularly corrupt. Uber's real success in London was marketing and investment meaning that it'd could grow rapidly, I believe Addison Lee had a booking app concept at the time, so not even that was particularly new.
- tomatocracy 7y agoAddison Lee is often more expensive than a black cab though. It's really more of a premium car service than a minicab firm.
- PaulRobinson 7y agoAs a regular used of "Addy Lee", I've found that's not normally true if you go for the standard cards (the Ford Galaxy): from my home to Euston is about £20 in an Uber, £35 in a black cab, and about £25 in an AL. Given Addison Lee is not VC subsidised, you have to wonder how they're getting the price down, but I always choose AL when I can.