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I've been to may of these eastern countries you talked about, and if you're describing the typical Rickshaw system, then you don't understand just what Uber has accomplished.
Eastern systems were designed around massive amounts of poverty stricken men sitting idle 90% of the time, mostly with fixed prices, and situated in only high needed areas.
Uber uses very complex engineering to match supply with demand, ensure services are available from everywhere, route around traffic and demand, cashless payments, 100% taxed and insured, and the cars and drivers are legit and safe. Things like Uber pool are really changing the transportation game, imo. I won't even need a car in a few years.
The systems of India, Thailand, etc are usually run by crime syndicates, pollute massively, don't allow for someone to order a ride from anywhere, rarely pay taxes, and are generally affordable only because these nations have huge amounts of surplus men with no alternative means. Not because a computer is optimizing away most of the problems with traditional travel.
Uber is not perfect, but it is a massive difference between what they do in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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You do realize this has nothing to do with uber drivers and is regarding the software development side of things? All of these comments indicate complete lack of knowledge of even the context of the claims.
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This is the article for reference: https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber
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