No need to take a dishonest route when the taxista knows you'll pay $50+ because it's late at night, you just want to go home, and the next taxista you see if you want to wait 15min longer is colluding to also charge you $50+. It's in their best interest to just gouge you and then rush you to your destination so they can pick up the next person.

This is a fundamental competitive advantage of Uber and co: I see the price upfront.

And I don't need cash. Taxistas acting like they have no change to guilt you, the tourist, into just handing over the whole bill is all too common. Gets pretty old always ensuring you have small enough bills to pay for a taxi when you're just trying to stay out late and have a good time.

I can't really take anyone seriously saying they prefer taxistas here in latam just because it somehow went off without a hitch on their one week visit.