[ousta]

taxis services are regulated for good reason yes. but it doesn't mean the regulation is efficient. when you pay for a service that provides you exactly the same experience than a discounted service like Uber then there is no sense for this service.

Taxi drivers in france is expensive and drivers are uneducated, rude, unpolite. Compare this to drivers in england and japan where they respect the customer and provide a good service and then you will understand why uber disrupting french taxis. because the regulation is only based about how much money you need to put to buy a license while the regulation should be about having a proper formation and learn about customer service.

[jacalata]

So if Uber is disrupting French taxis because the drivers are rude and English taxi drivers are polite then why is Uber catching on in England too?

[ousta]

Actually i have limited experience in UK but better on Japan where i lived long. Still I do not think it is the same population in UK using taxis and ubers. I am almost certain that the people using Uber in UK are people who almost never used taxis in their life. I don't see why would someone would change from taxi to Uber in countries such as England or Japan. if you take a taxi that means you can afford it either you would take public transportation in 90% of the cases. Uber in UK is just a totally different service than Taxis. as long as taxi drivers are well trained professionals with a sense of providing quality service then they don't compete with Uber.

It is same with amazon and librarians. Librarian assume they just have to sell books. Since amazon they have to provide a service , help the customer , advise him, instruct him, guide him. Those things amazon can't do and those things will save the librarians. it is the same for cab drivers.

Uber is a good for us customers. Obviously it won't be a good thing when they will be on a monopoly situation where they will increase prices after having destroyed concurrents but who cares?