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Ok, educate me… I drove cabs for nine years but fully admit I’m no expert so lay down your wisdom.

• blindriver 4y ago
  You drove in Phoenix for nine years? What's the taxi industry like in SF? or NYC? or London? Yeah I thought so.
  • UncleEntity 4y ago
    Though so what? You’re the one who claims to know what they’re talking about yet make zero effort to support your claims. Honestly, I’ve never heard anyone claim taxi drivers were getting rich but can tell you they weren’t universally getting exploited like the pro-rideshare propaganda was telling you. Back before Uber/Lyft I could work less than half the time, have a roof over my head and food in my belly plus got to spend time doing things I enjoyed like shaving yaks. After, not so much, all the “excess income” got siphoned off and went nowhere because VC money was subsidizing the push to bankrupt the competition. Only job in my life where I had my income cut (to keep the insurance contracts which were the only thing making us money) and I’m not exactly a young pup. Walmart (supposedly, no real evidence) does the same thing and everyone complains but some Silicon Valley companies do it and we’re supposed to cheer them on? Yada, yada, predatory pricing, horay!!!