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Re:Uber's Loss Exceeds $800M in Q3 on $1.7B in Net Revenue by user5994461 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @11:47AM (#13221482)
Taxis and their local apps have zone limitations. They arbitrary bounds, within parts of your "home city".

They may not go where you want, they may not be available where you are, because you are not in the right part of the city.

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Re:Uber's Loss Exceeds $800M in Q3 on $1.7B in Net Revenue by cderwin on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @12:16AM (#13226956)
But does Uber really have a competitive advantage here? In the multiple cities I have lived in in the past couple years (Boston, Austin, Dallas) I have never noticed Uber's range being greater than any particular taxi. I do prefer uber do to brand trust, but I had no issue switching to RideAustin after uber left the city.
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