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You must live somewhere sufficiently dense. In a midsized city life before Uber was awful for getting a late night taxi. Have to call a central line, No shows, multi-hour waits, etc.

parent gave five examples of issues they found while using a taxi in the manner you described

you could have just believed them instead of being antagonistic about it, this is especially unnecessary given the topic has a history that supports the experiences the parent poster listed

it's funny the person is upset about some taxi driver cheating them, but okay with paying tribute to some app developer middleman with every trip

The wise man solemnly bowed his head and said “there’s actually zero difference between free exchange of currency for service and fraud.”

if you're going to cheat a man do it honestly

You're not black, you're not gay and being driven by a socially conservative immigrant, etc.