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> It's a lot nicer to be able to call a cab and not have to talk to anyone

That's not limited to Uber. Plenty taxi companies in the EU offer that exact service through their app. All it takes is 5 minutes of web search to figure that out. It's probably a good idea to prepare a bit before entering a country you're foreign to regardless, transportation would be the first thing I'd search for.

> Just because Uber is a shitty company doesn't mean national ride-hailing services won't and can't work.

And the legislation put in place isn't preventing any of that.

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>All it takes is 5 minutes of web search to figure that out. It's probably a good idea to prepare a bit before entering a country you're foreign to regardless, transportation would be the first thing I'd search for.

This is why I use Uber. I don't have to do any of that. No stress. Just land in a country and get an Uber to my hotel. Walk out of a museum and get an Uber to my restaurant. It's easy. No thinking. THAT is why Uber is successful and those local apps can't replace that.

Except you won't be able to do that in Denmark anymore per the article that this thread is about. And there's a number of other places in the world where Uber does not have coverage. Uber doesn't even tell you where they are, so you get to find that out when you get off a plane.

There's an inflection point where the "no stress" mentality goes away, and Uber might be headed there. It certainly isn't headed away from it.

Uber seems to be adding far more cities than subtracting. Just 2 years ago you couldn't use it as a world-traveling app, and now it's the closest thing to a universal taxi the world has.

Same problem, now there are hundreds of apps to learn to navigate through. Some might show you a map some won't, some will have bugs, hidden fees etc.

You've to download the app and then hope that they are in English. If they are indeed in English you've to create an account and add your credit card information before you can call a cab.

I was in Germany recently and compared the fares quoted by both Uber and mytaxi apps and Uber came out to be cheaper by at least 5 euros on multiple occasions.

Actually I mean just within my own country. Taxi services in Madison are a lot different than ones in NYC, which is a lot different from Nashville. I wasn't even considering a language barrier.

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