> And everyone who remembers ordering a taxi in advance and waiting for 20-30 minutes for a bad, rude driver, for 2-3 the money that taxis cost now, can appreciate the innovation.
I think what people are confusing here are the effects of a removed monopoly and technical innovation.
The solution isn't removing employment safety, the solution is just removing the monopoly in cities where there are taxi monopolies. All Uber did was simply circumvent the monopoly regulations.
Try a non-uber taxi in a city without taxi monopoly and it's exactly like uber.
Did cities with monopolies start dropping the monopolies in the last decade? I lived in a city that dropped the monopoly before Uber so I haven't noticed the change in the last decade.
I think what people are confusing here are the effects of a removed monopoly and technical innovation.
The solution isn't removing employment safety, the solution is just removing the monopoly in cities where there are taxi monopolies. All Uber did was simply circumvent the monopoly regulations.
Try a non-uber taxi in a city without taxi monopoly and it's exactly like uber.