Contempt for the customer is a major problem across a lot of industries today.
keiNasa on
Yes fix fare – uber stay.
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
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.
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.
CitizenErasedII on
Even the sticker doesn’t look like it works properly.
Alberto_Moses on
I can’t believe the contempt and disrespect this nation has for King of the Road./s
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.
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.
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.
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.
United_Plum_2209 on
Protecting my family……..
Fuck away off.
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.
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.
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.
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, it’s your car, just take it off.
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
jackoirl on
Free now’s fare estimates are absolutely brutal. They can fuck off with this
AnyDamnThingWillDo on
“Stop removing our ability to rip off the punters!”
Fixed his sign.
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!
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.
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.
DarwinofItalia on
Did he also have a ‘Cash is King’ one?
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.
Galacticmetrics on
Uber is also investing heavily in self driving cars, the future of the Taxi driver as a career is not looking positive.
FantaFan12 on
Got a taxi the other day, Fixed fare on Uber, Driver showed up with a similar sticker and the windshield
The-Florentine on
That’s not what ragebaiting means.
Leavechewiealone on
Hailed a taxi on Uber that had a boycott Uber sticker, don’t take these clowns seriously lol.
LikeAGlove109 on
Ah well, less business for that driver I suppose.
ItalianIrish99 on
Why isn’t there a co-op owned and operated taxi booking app company that does two things:
1. Facilitate easy and efficient online bookings
2. Keep operating costs to a minimum and accordingly add the least possible costs to regulated fares
Surely if you just do those things the network effects will take care of themselves? Drivers will use the co-op app because it’s best for them in the long run. As more drivers prioritise the co-op app that’s also where customers will go because (a) they’ll get a taxi there quickest and easiest, and (b) they won’t get hit with bullshit add-ons (like technology fees and one-offs).
TaytoCrisps on
Rage baiting you by having a different opinion to you?
I don’t know how all of you people don’t realize that Uber will cease to be cheaper the moment they become a major player in Ireland.
WilsonWaits2 on
Great advertisement for Uber, and counterproductive for the anti-Uber drivers.
The pubic want fixed fares
I live in Europe, a few years ago started using Uber randomly one night when I couldn’t get a normal taxi. Opened the app, it told me the cost (which was half the normal cost back), could see the rating of the driver and it told me where the taxi was and how long it was going to take to arrive. I got in, clean, didn’t need to pay cash and it paid the bill on my paypal automatically. Was trippy to take a taxi ride and not be staring at the LCD digits of death shooting upwards.
I didn’t die, it was cheaper. I’ve used it a ton since. It’s a far better service is every way. If original taxi drivers hate it, why do I care? Shock as better service is better than a more expensive worse service.
StrangerIrish on
I paid SEVENTY FIVE Euro for a 25 minute drive last weekend. Fuck the meters, I’m going with Uber or some other fixed fair company in future.
An article on what uber is about and what it’ll do to its employees ( that aren’t employees, but have to do exactly what there business model insists)
New-Investigator9676 on
This might be naive in entering the chat (I’m Irish, but I haven’t lived there in 20 years), but I don’t really understand the core issue here. Are taxis the only ones that will be allowed to sign up with Uber? Is it not going to be based on how other cities work, where virtually anyone can be an Uber driver?
It seems antiquated, I guess yes on one hand it sucks for taxi drivers as Uber/ lyft ect tend to dominate the industry, but we now have technology in our pockets that makes booking a cab less stressful by reducing the anxiety of not knowing how much you will be charged for a fare.
tetzy on
‘No fixed fare’, my ass – it’s so comforting to know that an unexpected traffic jam isn’t going to leave you penniless.
dmkny on
Hahaha fuck those shower of robbers.
Uber IN
hydraz20 on
I used the fix fare Uber today 🙋♂️
IntelligentPepper818 on
It won’t give you any winnings – uber go in take over by lowering fares and all thinks it’s great in the garden – then once they own everything they bump the fares up 200%
They’ve already done it in other countries – I’m with the Taxi drivers for once on this
Btw – same journey hailed a taxi on street to my home 28€ by Freenow 36 € – I won’t use free now any more
Famous_Ocelot_1732 on
Uber asked me to pay an extra €9 yesterday as it was “busy”.
43 Comments
Contempt for the customer is a major problem across a lot of industries today.
Yes fix fare – uber stay.
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
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.
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.
Even the sticker doesn’t look like it works properly.
I can’t believe the contempt and disrespect this nation has for King of the Road./s
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.
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.
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.
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.
Protecting my family……..
Fuck away off.
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.
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.
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.
I saw a taxi the other day who put red tape across his Uber ads on his taxi.
Absolutely hilarious brain dead stuff, it’s your car, just take it off.
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
Free now’s fare estimates are absolutely brutal. They can fuck off with this
“Stop removing our ability to rip off the punters!”
Fixed his sign.
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!
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.
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.
Did he also have a ‘Cash is King’ one?
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.
Uber is also investing heavily in self driving cars, the future of the Taxi driver as a career is not looking positive.
Got a taxi the other day, Fixed fare on Uber, Driver showed up with a similar sticker and the windshield
That’s not what ragebaiting means.
Hailed a taxi on Uber that had a boycott Uber sticker, don’t take these clowns seriously lol.
Ah well, less business for that driver I suppose.
Why isn’t there a co-op owned and operated taxi booking app company that does two things:
1. Facilitate easy and efficient online bookings
2. Keep operating costs to a minimum and accordingly add the least possible costs to regulated fares
Surely if you just do those things the network effects will take care of themselves? Drivers will use the co-op app because it’s best for them in the long run. As more drivers prioritise the co-op app that’s also where customers will go because (a) they’ll get a taxi there quickest and easiest, and (b) they won’t get hit with bullshit add-ons (like technology fees and one-offs).
Rage baiting you by having a different opinion to you?
I don’t know how all of you people don’t realize that Uber will cease to be cheaper the moment they become a major player in Ireland.
Great advertisement for Uber, and counterproductive for the anti-Uber drivers.
The pubic want fixed fares
Taxis are a thing of the past
Uber is predatory
[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/19/rough-ride-uber-quietly-took-more-fare-algorithm-change](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/19/rough-ride-uber-quietly-took-more-fare-algorithm-change)
I live in Europe, a few years ago started using Uber randomly one night when I couldn’t get a normal taxi. Opened the app, it told me the cost (which was half the normal cost back), could see the rating of the driver and it told me where the taxi was and how long it was going to take to arrive. I got in, clean, didn’t need to pay cash and it paid the bill on my paypal automatically. Was trippy to take a taxi ride and not be staring at the LCD digits of death shooting upwards.
I didn’t die, it was cheaper. I’ve used it a ton since. It’s a far better service is every way. If original taxi drivers hate it, why do I care? Shock as better service is better than a more expensive worse service.
I paid SEVENTY FIVE Euro for a 25 minute drive last weekend. Fuck the meters, I’m going with Uber or some other fixed fair company in future.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41757881.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOzmbJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6vWZZ85v8HofiRruDLQ2amqxBcd0Io1Poj62P0Y7CNZDFFD-8dkcQXnzf4Og_aem_ahlCKEmmyYRd8yZBsPFBjw
An article on what uber is about and what it’ll do to its employees ( that aren’t employees, but have to do exactly what there business model insists)
This might be naive in entering the chat (I’m Irish, but I haven’t lived there in 20 years), but I don’t really understand the core issue here. Are taxis the only ones that will be allowed to sign up with Uber? Is it not going to be based on how other cities work, where virtually anyone can be an Uber driver?
It seems antiquated, I guess yes on one hand it sucks for taxi drivers as Uber/ lyft ect tend to dominate the industry, but we now have technology in our pockets that makes booking a cab less stressful by reducing the anxiety of not knowing how much you will be charged for a fare.
‘No fixed fare’, my ass – it’s so comforting to know that an unexpected traffic jam isn’t going to leave you penniless.
Hahaha fuck those shower of robbers.
Uber IN
I used the fix fare Uber today 🙋♂️
It won’t give you any winnings – uber go in take over by lowering fares and all thinks it’s great in the garden – then once they own everything they bump the fares up 200%
They’ve already done it in other countries – I’m with the Taxi drivers for once on this
Btw – same journey hailed a taxi on street to my home 28€ by Freenow 36 € – I won’t use free now any more
Uber asked me to pay an extra €9 yesterday as it was “busy”.