[xbonez]

> With real taxis, you can flag one on the street or phone in any fashion; you can pay cash; you can be anonymous.

And even with Uber around, you can still do that. No one's taken that choice away. Use Lyft/Uber if you're comfortable with it. If not, user a regular cab.

[dllthomas]

Well, he makes the point later that if Uber/Lyft/etc are sufficiently successful they could displace regular cabs. You can disagree with that point, but it probably deserves to be addressed rather than ignored.