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I have never been able to understand Uber. They never invented anything new. Maybe there weren't e-hailing apps everywhere, but that's not so much better phoning for a taxi. The main thing they did was to spend an insane amount of money only to brush aside taxi regulations in the US and maybe some other countries. I have no idea how anyone expects to see a return on that "investment".
Have you used the e hailing apps and ordered a taxi? Its way better. Just sucks the corporate greed monster is ruining it. Although taxi medallion system was extremely predatory and terrible too