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Re:Uber Revenue Growth Slows, Losses Persist as 2019 IPO Dra... by 1stcity3rdcoast on Saturday February 16, 2019 @10:06AM (#19178840)
I used to call Uber in the early 2010-2012 days on my Blackberry by texting my current location. Worked great even without an app.
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Re:Uber Revenue Growth Slows, Losses Persist as 2019 IPO Dra... by SilasX on Saturday February 16, 2019 @11:37AM (#19179398)
Yep! You can see the option in this cache of the site from January 2011:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110109084838/http://www.uber.c...

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Re:Uber Revenue Growth Slows, Losses Persist as 2019 IPO Dra... by pmart123 on Saturday February 23, 2019 @02:53AM (#19232265)
Interesting. I didn't know that. I wonder if there was any 00's era startup that tried to create a taxi hailing service prior to the app store developing? My gut says the iphone/app alongside location data was critical for widescale adoption.
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