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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by twic on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:19AM (#21629572)
Kapten and Bolt already exist, and give you access to substantially the same pool of drivers. Maybe some drivers are on Uber but not one of the others; that will change very quickly if Uber are banned. There's also Addison Lee, who have their own drivers, but offer a similar experience.

This tunnel vision of only seeing one provider of a new but fundamentally commodity service is interesting. It reminds me a lot of how Git and MySQL took off - people encountered them, thought, "oh, that's great, i'll use that", and never stopped to think if there might be better alternatives.

Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by malandrew on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:19PM (#21634399)
Do Kapten and Bolt have comparable safety features such as facial recognition for drivers? How are they satisfying the TfL's requirements to be "fit and proper"?
Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by harel on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:06PM (#21630183)
I've now got Kapten installed and will give them a try tomorrow. Hopefully there are Kapten drivers where I'd need it.