Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L...
by wyager on Sunday September 03, 2017 @12:40PM
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Did you ever use a taxi before uber? Nothing you said is grounded in reality. Taxi drivers are usually extremely unprofessional, underpaid, and horrific drivers. It's actually gotten much better since Uber came around.
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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L...
by coldtea on Sunday September 03, 2017 @01:09PM
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>Did you ever use a taxi before uber?
Almost every day.
Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L...
by pjc50 on Sunday September 03, 2017 @01:38PM
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People really need to specify a geographical context for discussions of Uber; I've no doubt that wyager and coldtea are both reporting their experiences, but taxis are necessarily a very local service. Clearly some cities just have really bad taxis.
Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L...
by twic on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:10PM
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Finally, sense!
In London, Uber is a taxi service. The people driving for Uber are taxi drivers, with taxi driver licenses [1], and the vehicles they drive are taxis, with taxi licenses [2]. The experience is therefore much the same. The difference arises from three things: Uber has a nice app, whereas legacy taxi offices are a shambles; Uber drivers are desperate to keep their star rating up, and so might be nicer; Uber subsidises the whole operation to win market share. The app is the only significant difference, in my experience.
[1] https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing...
[2] https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing...