On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:50:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:49:01 on Thu, 28
Sep 2017, Robin9 remarked:

[excessive snippage]

Interesting, but none of that changes the simple reality which is
that if Uber shut down in London, their drivers will not then give
up being minicab drivers and seek new vocations. They will
continue as minicab drivers as best they can and their cars will
still be on London's roads. .

Why didn't they do that *before* Uber arrived?

You are saying that the Uber app wasn't facilitating extra cabs after
all.

It almost certainly increased the number of minicabs. But if Uber really
does get shut down in a year or so, lots of other similar apps will be
waiting to take its place. In effect, Uber established and validated a new
market in London, and even if it is forced out, that market won't vanish
with it.

Lyft will be starting up in london soon apparently. At then least all the
whining millennials will STFU since the fragile little darlings will be able to
go back to being chauffeured door to door once more just like mummy used to do
for them, instead of slumming it on the tube or night bus with adults.