Comment Good (Score 1) 273
Protected garden industries occasionally need to get overturned.
Now, I disagree with them. The first time someone books with Uber and gets murdered/raped/whatever, the formal, licensed taxi services will enjoy a renaissance.
Right now, however, they simply don't appear to justify their premium - particularly when so many cabs are disgusting, greedy*, etc.
*note: I personally believe that taxis THEMSELVES are rarely as greedy as they appear, and this leads me to my main point: the cities are more concerned about their monopoly license REVENUE than any industry per se, and to that extent, fuck them.