I try to avoid driving in the city generally because 
But occasionally I have to operate a car in the city during rush hour, and it seems like every 2 blocks some rideshare is stopping in a travel lane to do pick-up/drop-off.
I can understand it to some degree if there is truly a complete gridlock of traffic (no harm no foul), but seems like people just be putting on emergency flashers and stopping about anywhere now.
Anyway, just another reason to avoid getting in a car when inside a city.
oh it was absolutely always fake. They wanted to replace taxis from the very beginning (although they started out with luxury black cars that weren't particularly price competitive)