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Otherwise, article makes also a good point about services like Uber, that they are not really about sharing anything. A "sharing economy" version of Uber would
by maus42 11y ago
Otherwise, article makes also a good point about services like Uber, that they are not really about sharing anything.
A "sharing economy" version of Uber would be more akin to a car-pooling service.
- kedean 11y agoI mean in theory, that's what Uber is supposed to be. Drivers share space in their car while on the way to places, and make some spare change. In practice, drivers pick it up as a part time job and just drive around looking for pickups.
- TheCoelacanth 11y agoI don't see any evidence that Uber is intended to work that way. Drivers don't get to filter riders to only get riders who are going somewhere near to where the driver wants to go. They have to take whoever is nearby, and can only reject a small percentage of requests before they are kicked out of Uber.