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by dna_polymerase 3067 days ago
Disruption and Uber?

What kind of rides were enabled by Uber, that couldn't be done by cab?

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My thinking. Cab supply and ease.

I work at a retailer where 20-30% more probably) use their phone to get to work. Its affordable and allows taking the job. $5 to get home. Cabs were $11 and importantly unreliable.

Have a phone; get a ride anytime.

And.. A person i work with finishes her shift and turns "on" her Uber driver mode and instantly becomes a cab. Uber is an on/off switch for cab supply. To me that is very different.

Imo before uber one could not even think transportation was easy.

Its not the Pepsi Generation it's the Uber Generation