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Goodbye Uber! Everyone must delete their account! I canโ€™t be happier! (lemmy.ca)
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[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

what happened? what is the alternative?

[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Taxis? You know, the regulated alternative that's not in the process of doing a bait and switch by selling services at a loss until competition dies and then increase the prices.

[โ€“] AncientSoul@reddthat.com 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The problem with traditional taxis is that after booking them, you have no indication of when they will show up and along the way, you mostly have no information about the cost. Same thing if you get a taxi on the street without pre booking. You have no idea of the resulting price.

[โ€“] Patch@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

The two big minicab firms in my town both use apps with very similar functionality to Uber. Fixed fare, vehicle tracking etc.

Uber doesn't have a monopoly on nice apps. It's [current year], that stuff is standard now.

[โ€“] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Depends on where you are. In Australia most taxi companies have an app that works like uber. Shows you the route and a fixed price. And when a driver picks up your fare, it'll show you where they are.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Taxi's are pretty shite tbh even with the app :\

Do the taxi's have something like Uber Green:

https://www.drive.com.au/news/uber-green-to-ditch-hybrids-and-go-electric-car-only/

[โ€“] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Haha honestly I have no idea. I live near a train station so not a lot of opportunity to catch either taxis or uber..

[โ€“] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Here in Germany there's a site that let's you calculate estimated cost. Depends on the course taken and, of course, will be more reliable the longer the trip is. But still. I also once had a deal with one driver for a flatrate for trips.

Sure they're disgustingly expensive here, but fuck UBER. More and more of those show up here. And when they managed to fuck taxis outta existence, the prices will rise.