My counter anecdotal example is that this never happened to me or anyone in my social sphere after 10 years of Uber rides, but phone number blacklisting happened to almost everyone I knew. /shrug
In SF, there really isn't "another cab company" other than Yellow Cab.
To echo the parent, they may have been unethical and borderline illegal about scooping marketshare from cab monopolies, but there were no complaints from the consumer.
I believe it was. Had a bit of controversy at the start with the guy fighting some taxi companies over it, but overall it does the job fine. The problem is that the taxis themselves suck.
In SF, there really isn't "another cab company" other than Yellow Cab.
To echo the parent, they may have been unethical and borderline illegal about scooping marketshare from cab monopolies, but there were no complaints from the consumer.