> But Uber really is an improvement on pre-Uber traditional taxi services, where you can call and not really be sure if or when a taxi will show up. Not where

> But Uber really is an improvement on pre-Uber traditional taxi services, where you can call and not really be sure if or when a taxi will show up. Not where I live. With a taxi, it was the usual confirmation "The taxi will be at your address in 15 minutes" or so, and it always was there. Once or twice I couldn't find it so I called them back and it turned out the driver was waiting at the other side of the building etc. With Uber, Bolt, FreeNow and so on... First I wait for anybody to agree to accept the ride, and sometimes nobody does it. Then, a car arrives, with a person from Pakistan or Bangladesh, who sometimes doesn't even speak English. They use Google maps to navigate and if something is broken they are completely lost. I once asked the driver: "I'm waiting for my wife and kids, they will be here in half a minute, OK?" He said, "OK" and drove away. Also, there were multiple reports of drivers running away after the accident and leaving the car and the victims as they are. The drivers are hired by middlemen owning the cars and exchanging multiple drivers in a car so you can never be sure who is driving. Most often they are not insured, and so on and so forth. Plus a few cases of rape in the last years. So I've been using taxis exclusively recently and only pick up Uber etc. when there is no alternative.