My thoughts exactly. OR, since it's required by law to submit your choice, they could always suspend your service till you call/log into account/ mail choice to the appropriate authorities. Yes, this whole thing is bogus but everyone getting their panties in a bunch because the page they visited redirected them to another getting the info straight away is redic.

Huh?

Not sure these really correlate well. What kind of hijacking are you implying? Do you own their network? How is asking someone to update their terms of service before browsing considered hijacking? I do think its baloney they even have to opt out/in for such a thing but I dont see how asking them their preference before continuing on is a problem.

Agreed on the horrible PR. I can see why they would post this in hopes to let people understand why and how increasing the price will get more drivers in the area but its just in bad taste IMO.

May I assume youre one of those people that use taxis about twice a year? If so, I can understand why Uber doesnt appeal to you. I use taxi/driving services at least 2-3 times a week, if not more. I also just tallied what I have spent on Uber(not including curb side pickup) this year which totals to $1494.28. I am someone who uses services like this a lot, I definitely have an authority on what is more convenient or not which is what Uber provides.

If the regular taxi companies cant get their shit together and become more reliable(why i dont call taxi dispatch services anymore), i am going to use a service that does work and that happens to be Uber.

FYI - where I live(chicago), Uber incorporates Taxis as well as black cars, all which are licensed. Taxis turn theirs on during the downtime of the day to pick up fares but youd be lucky to find any during busy times when they can pick up customers on the street. Disruptive? Not at all to the driver, they make money during off times with it. Its the cab companies that dont like it.

Evolve or die. Plain and simple. I dont see why people have so much hatred towards a service, especially if the majority of the population doesnt used it according to you.

In the sense that I know exactly what I'm paying for because it's spelled out to me before I get in the car, yes. Taxis can charge whatever they want.

Taxi
Oh, my meters broken, I forgot to tell you.
Sorry, my cc reader doesn't work, I'll need cash
Sorry, my cc reader doesn't work, I'll take a carbon copy of you card to run later
How about I take around half the city before arriving at your destination

Uber
Hi, are you Rob? Great, want to take the way recommended by the app since you out in your destination?

That's it for uber. No haggling. No questioning what the rate is. It just works and you know what you're getting into before hand and have a receipt issued with all info including route emailed to you.

Why is everyone who accuses someone of being an uber shill posting as AC?

And if they got ripped off, who regulates that? How would you know? With uber, everything is tracked and cabbies CANT rip you off because they don't have control over the fare.

I never said anything about regulations. I talked about the reliability of taxis who aren't in the uber network and why I don't use them.

If yellow cab, 312, 303, checker, etc could improve their reliability then I would certainly use their direct services more often. Since the regulated taxis haven't addressed that, I'll stick with the regulated taxis/black cars in the uber network.

Yes, you pay more for the different tiers. Uberx is cheaper and depending on the driver, I've had extremely nice cars with water provided if you want. Taxis are the regular taxi charge and black cars a tiny amount more. I am someone who pays $30-50 a night in car services so it's really great to have the different options available.

Maybe what we should look at is why uber is so successful. I don't use regular taxi services(call for taxi) because they never come or it takes up to an hour or more for them to arrive. With uber, they place me in touch not only with taxis, but uberx(personal cars), SUVs and black cars(licensed livery service). I get picked up in 10 min max each time with usual turn around time in the 2-5 min range.

Maybe if taxis were more reliable, they wouldn't have gotten themselves in this situation. Uber is filling a void in service because taxis can't deliver that and the public wants something more convenient.

In chicago and other large cities in the US they do. When I open my uber app, I have the ability to choose from uberx, taxi, black cars and SUVs. I don't understand why they just don't do the same in other places as well.

I dont think you have to pay to get access outside network. you have to pay to let other people get access so you can share, no?

Or, you know, a whole new deity. Adding a feature to existing hardware like the video streaming thing isnt that amazing and frankly, isnt going to make anyone jump on board. That new PS they just released might...

The difference being that organized religion doesnt offer evolving products that meet certain needs. Sony offers products with different and new capabilities. Whos to say that they dont come out with a product that someone who swore off Sony might want. With religion, nothig changes and you know what you get right with each one since they all only offer one product that doesnt evolve(much).