Then why was uber a thing in other cities around the country where such laws didn't exist?
Re:Scale Ruins Everything
by robertlagrant on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @12:13PM
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Because it also had massively better UX than any previous taxi journey. Order from phone; price up front; pay in app; know the licence, make and model of the car coming to get you; see where the car is on the way; travel in any city (except, say, Oxford, UK, unfortunately). All new features for taxi use.
Re:Scale Ruins Everything
by _DeadFred_ on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @06:52PM
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Haha. Thanks I needed a laugh. 'Uber clearly the good guy' haha. I too remember a simpler time when we were all so naive.
The taxi market, in the US at least, was a textbook case of regulatory capture to stifle competition. Google "taxi medallion prices nyc" for an example. Uber was clearly the 'good guy' in flouting those laws and later getting them repealed. The cartels that controlled the medallions had no interest in improving the technology until they had competition.