Bear in mind that these ridesharing companies are basing their entire business model vs taxis not on some dumb app, every taxi company tries to get you to install its app. Instead its innovation, is reducing labor and capital costs in order to offer cheaper rides than taxis to corner the market. In order to reduce capital costs, they have workers bring the cars. To reduce labor costs, they pay less. Uber is a cash inferno and they have been fighting against employee status because for various reasons the workers get paid more overall.