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by antr 4399 days ago
That, I think is the key question and no data is given. IMHO, I really doubt Uber has expanded the market, but instead taken a share of it, so 'creating' 20,000 jobs is at the expense of X thousand others.
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That's a widespread fear among Uber detractors, as seen in action outside of US in the past few weeks.

I think without a third-party assessment of reliable data on the market every opinion on the subject is based on FUD. Unfortunately, at this time we seem to be missing both reliable data and an "objective" assessment.

Anecdotally I take way way more Lyft's and Uber's now than I did taxi's 3 years ago with very little change in my expendable income. FYI, im in LA.