Uber is awesome -- ut the costing model fucking sucks.
When in SF I lived in Presidio and Upper Market/Noe Valley area...
Getting the SF cabs to come to my house was so infuriating; nobody wanted to come pick me up in Presidio or Noe Valley.
I was actually banned from multiple cab companies, as - it turns out - they share caller data: I was calling multiple cab companies to my house (Because nobody would show) as a shotgun approach to getting a cab. A dispatcher told me I was blacklisted due to this practice; my response was that if the cab had shown up, I wouldnt do this...
They didnt care. (I had MANY calls where I called 20+ times and waited 2 hours.)
FUC THE SF CABS. PERIOD.
HOWEVER; I think that Uber (and ALL cabs) are way over priced.
The fact that I had to pay $75 to take me from SF to SFO - where I was FLYING to LAX from SFO for $99 - I found this ridiculous!
The fact is that all CAB fees are just not congruous with the service.
When A cab ride from a home in SF to SFO costs ~$80, but takes ~30 minutes, you're paying the equiv $160K per year for the services of a DRIVER...
This is not sustainable.