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    1. bitaFizzy on

      Contempt for the customer is a major problem across a lot of industries today.

    3. wankelberry_6666 on

      They all have them on their cars now ,if they don’t like Uber they can stop using it, if you don’t like this sticker stop using them vote with your wallet

    4. Leavser1 on

      I don’t understand the taxi drivers issue here at all. If they don’t want to work with Uber don’t. Uber isn’t forcing them onto their platform. The taxis are free to queue at ranks as they always did.

    5. CuAnnan on

      I spent 45 minutes waiting for a taxi on FreeNow. They kept saying something to the tune of “there are no taxis in your area, add money for premium and we’ll get you there”.

      It was only after that 45 minutes that I opened an Uber account. Picked up within 5 minutes.

      I don’t know what else to say about it.

    6. CitizenErasedII on

      Even the sticker doesn’t look like it works properly.

    7. Alberto_Moses on

      I can’t believe the contempt and disrespect this nation has for King of the Road./s

    8. ZeusMcPain on

      Taxis are a scam –

      Imagine any other business model
      Where you say “ hello, how much for your service from A to B “ and the response “ ah we will see” and we will see means whether he decided to drive straight there or the long way and also if you appear to have nice things and are in good clothes, there’s a tax for that too.

      Parasites.

    9. OutlandishnessNo9052 on

      I still don’t quite understand the protest. The Uber app clearly provides an approximate fare range, just like Free Now and Bolt do. Uber also states that if the final fare exceeds this range, it will be capped at the maximum shown. In my experience, about 8 out of 10 rides fall within that range anyway. If the driver follows the route suggested by Uber, the fare typically doesn’t exceed it.

      So what exactly is the issue from the driver’s perspective? And moreover, aren’t drivers actually losing more money by spending time driving around the city protesting with no passengers, rather than accepting rides? That seems like a greater financial loss.

    10. ServerLost on

      It was very satisfying a few years ago in London when they went on strike and all it did was drive people to install Uber. Why would i pay more for a worse service that might include some mildly racist chat and/or theories about immigration.

    11. shtaaap on

      Had a taxi driver wearing the fucking ear off me last night about Uber.. Told be he only accepts cash. Clearly dodging taxes while complaining about the government. Fuck off.

    13. AtraVenator on

      Bring in proper Uber, Bolt etc. Fuck taxis. We have to move with the times and their service isn’t at the level of 2025.

    14. TwistedPepperCan on

      Nah I’m with drivers on this. Fixed fares end up leaving scenarios where the driver is paying for the privilage of driving me somewhere. That isn’t any way to have a sustainable taxi industry and until the residents of Ranalagh are brought to heal and we get a government who actually give a shit about public transport, we aren’t going to have the infrastructure to have a significant drop in the number of Taxi drivers.

      Anyone thinking this is going to be good for the consumer in anything but the very short term are kidding themselves. Uber are a case study in Cory Doctorows book [Enshitification](https://www.dubraybooks.ie/product/enshittification-9781836742227?srsltid=AfmBOoohR_-LYue0ezi9krTonAnx_QNgq_6_UuCI3Ze9UNjKw9EOojKs). They come into a market, hit a level of marketshare, cut down on driver benefits, hit a higher level of market share and cut down on consumer benefits and then buy a new yacht for the CEO while everyone else suffers.

      I think the taxi regulator should have its powers broadened though so that they are charged with creating a state taxi app. Basically Freenow but operated by the state. It would cut down on unregistered drivers, undeclared fares where no tax is paid and ensure that prices stay low while taxi drivers maintain their income.

    15. LunaValley on

      Not only does Uber’s fixed rates benefit the customer, we have a record of exactly who is driving us and it offers safety and security for passengers.

    16. A-Hind-D on

      I saw a taxi the other day who put red tape across his Uber ads on his taxi.

      Absolutely hilarious brain dead stuff

    17. Odd_Dealer2669 on

      Funny I remember being in a taxi in Dublin a few years ago and the driver said he thought that Uber was the best thing to happen, said his business increased dramatically

    18. jackoirl on

      Free now’s fare estimates are absolutely brutal. They can fuck off with this

    19. AnyDamnThingWillDo on

      “Stop removing our ability to rip off the punters!”

      Fixed his sign.

    20. rivers-66 on

      Fuck em, they are hugely overpriced. And I don’t even like Uber but taxi drivers in this country have been ripping off customers for ages. They didn’t even accept cards for a very long time, now they have no choice luckily.

      With Bolt I paid 7-8 EUR fixed from the airport to the city centre in a bigger city in Slovakia and the distance was about 8 km (11 min) ride. In Dublin I would have paid 4-5 times that amount!

    21. rtgh on

      People Before Profit suggested what looks the real common sense solution to this.

      Have the taxi regulator, which already has all the info relating to all properly registered taxis in Ireland, make a ride summoning app. One without the profit motive a third party like Bolt, Free Now, Uber, etc have.

      Then the taxi drivers get the fare without having to pay commission to Uber. A lot easier to accept fixed fares then.

    22. Busy-Preference-4377 on

      If they were smart they’d start an Irish alternative and temporarily have a fixed fare and then ditch it asap. Instead they’re pissing off customers.

    24. ultimatepoker on

      The irony is their complaint is with other drivers, not passengers, not uber. Once again the taxi lobby proves itself to be the dumbest and most disorganised industry lobby in Ireland.

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