Agreed. I take taxis now in many places because they're now better than uber, but pre-uber they were not. What I used to like best about taking uber was sticking it to the taxi industry. They were a textbook "disruptor". I'm glad there's a credible threat to taxis that means they had to improve and look over their shoulder. In the markets I travel frequently, uber sucks now though, and I've gone back to taxis, which also suck, just less, and are way better than the pre-uber days.