Comment by carlosjobim
9 months ago
If you used taxis before Uber, you'd know. Taking taxis used to be dreadful, except for in a few cities, because taxi drivers were/are rouges, always looking to scam their customers in any way conceivable. On top of that it was insecure in other ways. In places were they were not scamming their customers, it would be very expensive. The person who has to take a taxi is generally a visitor to a new city, who is not familiar with public transit and doesn't have their own vehicles. Uber has been a blessing for taking a taxi in unfamiliar and unsafe locations.
There are many cases of Uber and Lyft drivers beating or robbing or raping their passengers, including some victims known personally to me. They’re still potentially dangerous, ridesharing apps did not solve this problem.
With that way of arguing, you could argue against living in a house or eating cooked food.
Okay I guess, you win. Collect 500 hackers point from your local YCombinator outlet.