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I think riders can bid more to have better chances to get accepted by drivers.
I'm sure glad uber "disrupted" the industry from what it was to a marketplace of bidding for a taxi. The system we had previously where you said "I want a taxi" and then a taxi came, and then you paid for it and the driver was paid appropriately was obviously unworkable after working for a hundred years.
This isn't a dynstopian nightmare at all.
Tell me you didn't take taxis without telling me you didn't take taxis.
From not showing up for hours to weird routes to drive up the meter to "malfunctioning" credit card readers, taxis sucked. And the medallion system in places would give companies something of a monopoly.
I mean it depends on where... In London the taxis, although expensive and often not the politest to other road users, are nearly universally great service for the customer (and mathematically it very rarely makes sense to run up the meter due to how demand and the fare system works) and also pay the drivers a decent wage as they generally don't have a middleman to pay other than the government for their licence
That said, in the US (specifically New York) my experience was that ubers are generally nicer than taxis, but it's definitely not universal