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We share the same dictionary definition of the word share. By way of example; you and I may share a ride in an Uber drivers car. The Uber driver (as a profess
by earleybird 11y ago
We share the same dictionary definition of the word share.
By way of example; you and I may share a ride in an Uber drivers car. The Uber driver (as a profession) does not share our same purpose so is more accurately described as renting out their service and vehicle.
With example of carriers sharing a tower care must be taken to clarify the roles of the participants.
If three carriers are using the tower then all three are sharing. Note the common purpose.
If one of the carriers owns the tower then this carrier is also renting. There is nothing precluding both renting and sharing from occurring at the same time but to include sharing there must be a common purpose.
Since the dictionary definition of sharing speaks to a 'portion' with out regard to financial reward and rent is a 'payment for use' then the correct way to describe the financial transaction that occurs with an Uber driver is 'rent'.
As @kedean correctly points out; Uber may have started out as a service for sharing a common purpose but it is no longer that. The fact that Uber drivers are contractors, or in the State of California, employees is clear evidence that the driver and rider no longer share a common purpose.
As the word economy connotes finance and there is not a common purpose to portion out the more accurate phrase is 'Rental Economy'.
- ucaetano 11y agoOnce again you're narrowing the definition of sharing to fit your argument and, as I said, we're arguing definitions. By the first definition of sharing on the dictionary, my argument is valid. If you want to use another definition, than don't expect my argument to be valid.