Uber is the archetypical example of a Silicon Valley company projecting it&#x27;s narrow US-centric-view onto the rest of the world.<p>From what I gather, taxi businesses in the US seem to be in the hand of Mafia-like criminal organizations. That&#x27;s not the case in most Western-European cities with good and cheap public transport and well-regulated taxi systems.<p>If I can get from anywhere to anywhere at any time for little money already for the last 30 years, what&#x27;s the point of a service like Uber, especially Uber with their shady business practices and aggressive stance towards established labour laws.