So basically, you’re saying that “most places” had uncorrupt, put-upon taxi industries who simply cannot survive against Uber because Uber is anti-competitive, and it has nothing at all to do with delivering a better product?

Yeah, I don’t believe you. It sounds like you’re making a just-so rationalization for why taxis are good and Uber is bad.

In pretty much any mature taxi market Uber is as expensive (if not more expensive!) than the conventional alternative. And yet Uber survives.

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inigyou 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Have you ever met an Uber driver who makes decent money? Honest jobs should be compensated with honest money, not starvation wages.

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nunez 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Black drivers used to make pretty good money many years ago, but Uber + market externalities redesigned their systems to "fix" that (mostly through decreasing payouts and high car rental costs)

Most of the drivers providing that service split their time between Uber, Lyft and traditional corporate black car service.

Lots of posts on this topic in the UberDrivers subreddit.

	▲	inigyou 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You see that whenever there is value, above starvation wages, flowing to laborers, capitalists see that as a problem and reduce it. Does this seem sustainable?

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satvikpendem 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, many in fact.