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Re:You can now hail an Uber without the Uber app by williamdclt on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @04:23AM (#37842164)
To be fair, taxis being terrible almost everywhere across the world is a very common complain
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Re:You can now hail an Uber without the Uber app by eloisant on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @04:31AM (#37842187)
In France taxis are much better than Uber.

I've had some really weird experiences with Uber while taxis where all very professional and top notch.

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Re:You can now hail an Uber without the Uber app by martinald on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:09AM (#37842680)
The problem is it's very variable and you don't know it if you are visiting somewhere. I had a great experience in Madrid, and terrible in Lisbon with normal taxis. Could be just luck of the draw, but with Uber at least if I'm in an unfamiliar place I have some accountability if it does go horribly wrong (taking a long journey for example), with English speaking support.
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Re:You can now hail an Uber without the Uber app by varjag on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @04:59AM (#37842315)
Yeah in the USA and Ivory Coast maybe.
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