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Not quite. There was a post on here that Uber's other big advance was the fact they don't own taxis and via demand pricing they incentivize more people to drive during high demand times. A Taxi company can't do that. They can't afford to own enough cars and hire enough drivers to handle high demand times as they'd lose money. Just adding an app to taxis is not enough



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