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“Basically a taxi service,” except that Uber spans hundreds of cities, coordinates millions of drivers - none of whom work on a fixed schedule - and its only in
by ttul 3y ago
“Basically a taxi service,” except that Uber spans hundreds of cities, coordinates millions of drivers - none of whom work on a fixed schedule - and its only interface with customers is an app that has to be fast, accurate, and reliable at all times.
- matwood 3y agoEven a single taxi event is complex. Tell Uber you want to go to the ATL airport and it'll ask which terminal. If you're catching one from the ATL airport, it'll map and walk you to the rather distant pick up spot. And we haven't even touched on payment yet...