That's true. But like the parent poster, I'm likewise glad I had avoided using them.
What I hated about Uber and why I never ended up using it was that their app wanted so much info from my phone for no discernibly good reason. And Lyft didn't seem to be much better. I just wanted a ride man, I didn't want a 500 MB app that sucked all the data out of my phone and sent it to god knows where.
So I've just ended up calling taxis.
It's not that your data won't get compromised by someone else, it's just about mitigating the exposure.
I acknowledge my tradeoffs wouldn't make sense for a frequent traveller.
What I hated about Uber and why I never ended up using it was that their app wanted so much info from my phone for no discernibly good reason. And Lyft didn't seem to be much better. I just wanted a ride man, I didn't want a 500 MB app that sucked all the data out of my phone and sent it to god knows where.
So I've just ended up calling taxis.
It's not that your data won't get compromised by someone else, it's just about mitigating the exposure.
I acknowledge my tradeoffs wouldn't make sense for a frequent traveller.