That may be true, but I’d much rather ride in an Uber or Lyft with less timely service and a higher price, than in a nasty yellow Crown Victoria from the dawn of time itself, with that ugly, rough, stained interior that smells like cigarettes and vomit. Taxis don’t even offer phone chargers or water.
IMO, Taxis would have long since died as an industry if it weren’t for governments propping them up artificially.