You still can get taxis, at least in Australia. And they hound you at the front of the airport.

They just consistently cost more and have worse service even after uber increased prices.

Japan too. never thought I'd see it here but a taxi driver took the long way after a work drinking party. I guess he thought we were too drunk to notice. Well my boss sure did and lost his mind at the guy.

Likely the continued existence of taxis are keeping Uber's prices in check in the Australian market.

Uber will be running an optimisation model and be charging the maximum market can sustain, with additional goals such as eliminating competition and not being shut down by regulators.