[OutOfHere]

What ridesharing services thrive there? None as far as I know. The taxis in Scandinavia are in my experience a total scam with drivers charging absurdly high rates and taking the long route on top of it. The riders are worse off in every way.

[wojciii]

Taxis are not a scam. They are expensive because they have to pay people to drive for a living.

You should ask to drive a specific route and know the area. This is the same in all countries.

[OutOfHere]

Please. I shouldn't have to ask the taxi driver to use the fastest route. They are supposed to do that on their own. Instead, they intentionally use a slower route, and sometimes even intentionally miss turns. All this is true in Europe. Moreover, at least in the US, sometimes their behavior can be downright rude, hateful, and hostile.

You seem altogether blind to what you're missing. Uber/Lyft rates are substantially lower than of taxis, and they never intentionally take a long route, as the rate is almost always pre-decided. Their drivers too earn for a living.

Whenever competition is artificially suppressed, you're getting scammed as a default.

[wojciii]

You seem to be missing the point that countries have laws that prohibit companies like Uber as they won't pay workers a proper wage comparable with other industries.

I don't want Uber here or any of the gig economy parasites.

[OutOfHere]

No one is forcing anyone to keep working for Uber. Those who do so work and leave freely. Clearly you hate freedom.

[wojciii]

No, I just dislike corporate bullshit version of freedom.

And I fucking hate parasites. All the gig economy companies are the same.

Come to Scandinavia and see for yourself. We have got temperate weather, no earthquakes and no gun violence.