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Are you sure? Here in NYC Uber has pretty much entirely replaced yellow cabs and their prices are a hell of a lot higher than they used to be.

• JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > Here in NYC Uber has pretty much entirely replaced yellow cabs Yes for ride hailing [1]. If I recall correctly, Uber gets about 60% of that. > their prices are a hell of a lot higher than they used to be Inflation adjusted? And relative to TLC fares? I remember when taking a cab was a deal compared to Uber, but that hasn’t been the case for years. [1] https://toddwschneider.com/dashboards/nyc-taxi-ridehailing-uber-lyft-data/ https://toddwschneider.com/dashboards/nyc-taxi-ridehailing-u...
  • lovich 1y ago
    Yea. Do you not remember when uber was subsidizing the fuck out of rides? Inflation is a bitch but there’s no way I was getting rides across all of Boston for 2 dollars back in the mid 2010s due entirely to inflation
    • JumpCrisscross 1y ago
      > Do you not remember when uber was subsidizing the fuck out of rides? Sure. I'm not saying Uber's costs didn't go up. I'm arguing they haven't gone up faster than the competition. They never cornered the market to jack up rates because they never had that much pricing power. They loss lead to get a seat at the table, not to buy the whole table.
• mmooss 1y ago
  > Here in NYC Uber has pretty much entirely replaced yellow cabs Not the NYC I see. Plenty of cabs, can still hail one when I need one. Uber/Lyft require a longer wait, most of the time.