I've noticed that too, and wondered about the connection with this. I wonder if this was a similar play as when they opened that 411 service back in the day. T

I've noticed that too, and wondered about the connection with this. I wonder if this was a similar play as when they opened that 411 service back in the day. Turned out, they were using it as a way to amass a large collection of voice samples. I kinda wonder how valuable ride sharing data would be. They might necessarily have to make a profit directly on that. It might have something to do with their self-driving cars. For example (just randomly spouting off), knowing where people want to ride towards the same direction might inform how to deploy a fleet of self-driving taxis.