> Uber is better than taxi medallion cartels Uber is _different_ than the taxi system. Not all taxi systems are "taxi medallion cartels", even in cities with t

> Uber is better than taxi medallion cartels Uber is _different_ than the taxi system. Not all taxi systems are "taxi medallion cartels", even in cities with taxi medallions. And, when it started, Uber was worse than the taxis in a lot of cities in many ways. It's gotten better since then, but pretty much exclusively to try to prevent the cities from throwing them out on their asses.