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Comment by ams6110 | Hacker News Reader

Competition among ride services should keep this kind of thing in check. If you're in an area where Uber is the only option (don't know how likely that is) you may be stuck.

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Competition implies profit seeking. When you're selling stories about future profit to fools, idiocy ensues.

London is Uber only. Would be great if Lyft started in the UK.

I thought London had banned Uber? Did that end up getting repealed?

There are competitors to Uber in London [2], myTaxi seems to be the one that lets you hail London Cabs via an app. And apparently they're offering 33% discount over Easter [1]. (Never used them and I'm usually an Uber fan, but it seems myTaxi could be an alternative to try.)

[1] https://uk.mytaxi.com/EasterDiscount

[2] https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/news/uber/142333-best-taxi-...

There's Gett as well.

No, it's still pending appeal but I would be very surprised if it actually goes ahead; Uber has 2-3M users in London and I think it's more a scare tactic to get them to play more ball with regulation here.

'Standard' taxis are really expensive, I would say 2-4x the price of Uber, so a 33% discount doesn't really get you anywhere.

I've foundyself using cabs a lot more recently. My daily commute to the office is ~£12 each way in a cab, £8 at normal Uber prices but they seem to be perpetually surging the last month to an estimate of £10-£13 so I may as well jump in a cab.

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