Part of the reason I enjoyed Uber rides was a feeling of casual quality. Some random Joe had water bottles and a spotless car ready to go and was nothing like the worn out office-in-a-car local cab service.

The more filming and recording that has started in Uber the more the divide between customer and driver becomes and we are on the road to the same old customer experience. I don't want to get into transport knowing that I am performing for the state/megacompany on camera. I like talking freely with average joes without the feeling of hawks watching every move.

Being under the eye of judgement changes people regardless of the 'nothing to hide' argument. It's unpleasant. Having always on phone tracking that Uber does and a star rating system was supposed to be good enough. Why am I bothering at this point? If someone's going to track everything I ever do it may as well be the local cab company that I could plausibly trust because it's local and regular. I could go to a physical premises and talk to employees from my culture that have been there for decades.

I don't get it anymore. The only advantage is rapidly becoming price because they're not regulated the same way.