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Uber started out well as your "personal chauffeur" with premium cars and polite, professional drivers. Then they started chasing numbers and valuation, and it w

• thematrixturtle 4y ago
  You can still get the premium cars if you pay extra for it. But most people (including me) just opt for the cheapest option.
  • s0rce 4y ago
    I very occasionally used the premium options but other than a nicer vehicle there really wasn't a premium service, mostly regular ubers were clear and drivers decent (on average much better than my taxi experience pre-uber). If it was a busy area its still hard to find the car/driver. Never really felt like I was getting my money worth and I just go with the basic service, it still gets me from A to B.
  • lokar 4y ago
    I find in most markets uber black is no longer licensed black car. Just a normal person with a somewhat nicer car.
• jollybean 4y ago
  If by 'downhill' you mean 'their business expanded massively and they became a global phenom', then yes. They were never necessarily professional drivers, and the drivers today are just as 'polite'. The market for NYC 1% high end cars is very small compared to the value of unlocking the big marginal market inefficiency brought about by medallions. All of that said - a bit of technology and flexibility by the world's cities and taxi fleets would have made them a lot more money and made Uber pointless.
• ArrayBoundCheck 4y ago
  Chasing? I'm pretty sure they only had regular people in regular cars give you a ride when lyft came around. They had to match the service or lose customers