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>It is commerce. It is unambiguously commerce, it is a pure quid pro quo money for services transaction. This is the same case for companies like Uber and Lyft
by garrettgrimsley 10y ago
>It is commerce. It is unambiguously commerce, it is a pure quid pro quo money for services transaction.
This is the same case for companies like Uber and Lyft. You're paying someone to drive you from Point A to Point B. You aren't sharing a ride, it's just a taxi.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIndeed. Ride sharing is BlaBlaCar, and countless other services that existed locally years (even a decade) before, that facilitated carpooling for work commute. In such a service, the driver advertises that they'll be going from Point A to Point B, and is willing to take passengers (in exchange for fuel money). Any additional money that goes to the service itself is payment for matching drivers and passengers. Uber and Lyft are not sharing economy, they're taxis. AirBnB is not sharing economy, it's Booking.com meets Craigslist.