You're right that Uber & Lyft aren't the same as taxis at the airport (where cars and people both queue up and are matched FIFO). They're the same as personal

You're right that Uber & Lyft aren't the same as taxis at the airport (where cars and people both queue up and are matched FIFO). They're the same as personal pickups, one car looking for one specific person. There's no doubt it's an inefficient system. But it's bizarre that there are hundreds of meters of dedicated curb space for personal car pickups, but all of a sudden when rideshare companies came in the airports are pretending it's some huge inconvenience to the system and forcing them to meet up in the back of the parking garage a mile away.