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> I'm not sure thats right Doesn't your point support the quote? Taxi driving was dangerous because of cash and being a robbery target, and Uber changed that.
by lowkey_ 3y ago
> I'm not sure thats right
Doesn't your point support the quote? Taxi driving was dangerous because of cash and being a robbery target, and Uber changed that.
- mrWiz 3y agoIn my area taxis had credit card machines, but it was common for them to "not work" so the cabbie could fleece you for extra money driving you to an ATM on the way. And then they'd refuse to give change so you'd have to pay in $20 increments. Uber definitely disrupted that.
- nox100 3y agoUber didn't change that, electronic payment changed that.
- jjoonathan 3y agoThe electronic payment that was always "broken" unless you were comfortable enough with confrontation to call the taxi driver's bluff?
- JohnFen 3y agoI've never experienced a "broken" machine in a cab.
- jjoonathan 3y agoHow many big city taxis did you ride before 2013 or so? They cleaned up their act once they got competition.
- JohnFen 3y agoQuite a few, actually.
- jjoonathan 3y agoSame. Which area? For me it was Pittsburgh, New York, and Rome. The problem was absolutely endemic in all three, and I saw it pretty regularly at conferences and on vacations, too.
- canjobear 3y agoI encountered "broken" machines all the time before ~2010, probably more often than working machines, in major US cities.