> Furthermore, these should be local services, catering to the specific circumstances of the city or town they operate in, obeying the local customs and so on.

> Furthermore, these should be local services, catering to the specific circumstances of the city or town they operate in, obeying the local customs and so on. Please no. I have precisely zero interest in downloading a new app every time I go to a city. It's amazing how ignorant of basic economics people on HN are. Have you ever heard of economies of scale? Uber pays literally millions of dollars to their developers every year. I sure as hell don't want my taxes going to pay for my city to develop its own Uber knockoff.