#i wouldnt be surprised if some smaller companies (esp in the US) have been run out of town by rideshare corps

[severalowls]

Congratulations to predatory rideshare apps for literally convincing younger people that the better alternative that has existed in many cities for well over a century, are often subsidised by said cities, and are actual regulated entities that have to provide drivers with legitimate contracts and wages... Don't exist? Or never existed at all?

If you live in a city of any reasonable size, it probably has a taxi service. They probably even have an app or website if you don't want to talk on the phone. If you live somewhere smaller, you may well still have a taxi service, you just might have to book trips in advance if there's only a handful of cars. You probably do not have to pay the unpredictable and highly manipulated rates of a got dam Uber.