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It really is incredible how the opinion of Uber has dropped. I used to love Uber - and still do love the Uber service - but now I can't stand the company. I use
by kaolinite 11y ago
It really is incredible how the opinion of Uber has dropped. I used to love Uber - and still do love the Uber service - but now I can't stand the company. I used to buy in to the whole corrupt taxi industry narrative, but now I feel like a fool for believing it (even if it was true at the beginning). It's a shame that there's no alternative, at least that I'm aware of, to UberEXEC/UberLUX.
I feel like Uber could have been a great, albeit smaller, company had they concentrated on their upmarket service. Aiming to be cheaper than taxis is just a race to the bottom - but there are many people who are willing to pay more in exchange for a better experience.
- prostoalex 11y ago> It's a shame that there's no alternative, at least that I'm aware of, to UberEXEC/UberLUX. How about blacklane.com or limos.com? Both are aggregators for existing car services and allow you to specify a general class of cars.
- taco_emoji 11y agoHonestly I think 99% of the reason people use Uber and Lyft are the phone apps. If "real" cab companies had an app, I seriously doubt Uber and Lyft would've made such headway. (At least in most cities - I realize there's occasionally specific, localized issues with existing "real" cab companies.)
- greiskul 11y agoYes, in Brazil we have phone apps for calling regular taxis, and at least in the big cities, it's great. You end up with all the regulation that regular taxis have, plus the apps normally have a rating system, so drivers end up caring much more about the quality of the ride. Uber is having an extra hard time to compete here.
- gnopgnip 11y agoFlywheel has an app for sf.