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Didn't lyft shut down their carpool commute feature, because nobody wanted that? If you're "ride sharing" without actually stopping to pick up/drop off additio
by danjoc 9y ago
Didn't lyft shut down their carpool commute feature, because nobody wanted that?
If you're "ride sharing" without actually stopping to pick up/drop off additional passengers, it's just a taxi. An unlimited, unregulated number of taxis. More cars on the road, fewer people on public transport, more pollution.
It's possible I misunderstand how these taxi companies work. I'm invisible to them. I don't have their apps. I'd rather they not track my movements every half minute for the government to subpoena, for a fee of course.
- astrange 9y agoDon't worry, Lyft Line definitely exists. I don't know what kind of crime being a passenger in one would result in though.
- danjoc 9y agoWho says you have to be in the car? http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-soon-able-to-track-your-location-even-when-app-is-closed-and-gps-turned-off-2015-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-soon-able-to-track-your-... Or did they roll that "feature" back?
- astrange 9y agohttps://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/07/ios-11-restrict-location-services-any-app/ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/07/ios-11-restrict-locatio... If you care about the police, they can subpoena your phone's location no matter what app is running on it. They can also find your car with license plate readers.
- danjoc 9y agoFalse equivalence. Capturing that kind of granular information is HARD and phone companies do not do it at the level Uber is capable of. http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/9/28/how-uber-manages-a-million-writes-per-second-using-mesos-and.html http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/9/28/how-uber-manages-a...