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Re:Uber services suspended in Barcelona by gppk on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:33AM (#19052805)
Apart from "The taxi model has worked for decades, don't take our livelihoods away" are there any articles on why Uber is actually detrimental?

I find it way easier to use Uber than get Taxis mostly due to the app based "click and collect" model, I would still use that even if it was the same price as a regular taxi. It annoys me that there seems to be lots of "crackdown" on Uber but I don't feel informed enough to know why.

Re:Uber services suspended in Barcelona by treerock on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:49AM (#19052873)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber#Criticism

Main criticism seems to revolve around Uber trying to bypass regulations that regular taxi firms have to abide by, paying holiday and sick leave, or vetting their drivers etc.

Re:Uber services suspended in Barcelona by kkleindev on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:48AM (#19052870)
> I find it way easier to use Uber than get Taxis mostly due to the app based "click and collect" model

mytaxi.com does just that.

Re:Uber services suspended in Barcelona by gppk on Thursday February 07, 2019 @11:07AM (#19106071)
Wow that it does, I hadn't heard of that. Thanks.