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That said, Taxi drivers have something Uber drivers don't- a union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Taxi_Workers%27_Alliance
At least Uber challenged the system, a system which desperately needed innovation. it was highly disruptive to the taxi market. And the taxi market is better off for it.
Apart from Uber drivers being paid a lot less and having no one to give them any sort of legal protection or compensation if something goes wrong.
There was a fix number of taxis (at least in New York) for a growing population. All the consumer wanted was more taxis - it was the businessmen that wanted all the regulations and safety rules gone.
The taxi driver union is a joke, almost no driver is a member of it.
I don't know if you want your taxes so bad just keep using them. They smell like ass, huge vehicles that guzzle gas, have ads that won't stop playing, don't take credit/debit card, charge insane amounts, but if this is what you really fucking want go use it.
"Wait, what are the four things on the side?"
I call them wheels and I reinvented them."
Tech bros also just reinvented trains recently, so this is pretty appropriate
Off topic but the worst effect of uber imo has been in poorer countries with no public transport.
First uber started and it was a rich kids thing. Then it grew and added uber bike which was cheap and uber became more mainstream.
Then came the inevitable knock offs, cheap uber alternates that give 0 fucks about quality control, allow anyone to drive on it or what vehicle is registered. Absolutely no standards but cheaper.
Then uber packs bag and leaves while people are now stuck with these terrible services.
Like sexual assault complaints by their drivers are ignored. Drivers stealing money is ignored. Uber actually took that stuff seriously.