Please explain <i>why</i> you think the cab companies would have used this software.  What incentive do they have, when they have a monopoly?  To improve customer service?  Why would they care about that?  They&#x27;ve never demonstrated that they care about customer service at all.  Uber&#x2F;Lyft aren&#x27;t going to give their software and service away for free, and cab companies aren&#x27;t going to pay for something they don&#x27;t need unless they&#x27;re forced to by the government (which was in their pocket).<p>Uber&#x2F;Lyft did the only thing they could: an end-run around the taxi cartels.