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"Uber has nothing to do with helping people get rides in towns."

I may be simpleminded here, but didn't Uber make it a lot easier to get rides by making app-based hailing work reliably? Instead of standing on a street corner and waving?



Yep, it's a ridiculous assertion. No one would have ever heard of Uber if they weren't extremely good at helping people get rides in towns. That's what they do.




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