[Ari]

Uber is nice, as long as you don't mind the company tracking you, tacking on surge prices at events, or having little recourse against a company who treats their drivers poorly.

Of course taxi companies have little to stand on as well. Here in SF taxis often refuse to go to certain areas (calling for a taxi out in the sunset is a crap shoot, they often ignore their dispatcher and don't pick you up). So things like Uber and Lyft have popped up specifically because taxi's have sucked so much.