I use national ride-sharing services like Uber or Lyft as a traveling consultant for the same reason my grandma eats at McDonalds when she goes on vacation: I know exactly what I'm getting every time I make the call. Every city has different taxi regulations; can I step into the street and hail one? Do I have to call one? Which company should I call? Can I trust them? The locals might know the answer to this, but who can I trust to ask at the airport?

I also have moderate social anxiety when I'm on the phone, which is doubled when the other person is impatient or rude. And the few times I've had to call a taxi, the dispatcher has not made me feel very welcome. It's a lot nicer to be able to call a cab and not have to talk to anyone.

Ride-hailing services going back to being locally restricted companies would destroy all of that, so I'm hoping that won't be the case. I don't want to have to guess who to call, I want to put in an order and have it delivered to me. Just because Uber is a shitty company doesn't mean national ride-hailing services won't and can't work.