From the Chinese press

Cab-calling apps here to stay

With the number of people hiring taxis through mobile phone applications growing, the cab-calling service has revealed many problems. For example, many people say that traffic accidents have increased because cabbies are being distracted by taxi-calling apps, but that's not the apps' fault, says an article on gmw.cn. Excerpts:

Taxi drivers and passengers both have benefited from the competition between smartphone apps, Didi by Tencent and KuaiDi by Alibaba, which is an apt example of free competition. But for such a competition to be devoid of bad consequences, watchdogs have to exercise stricter market supervision.