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Lyft? That is just another corporate-controlled centralized system. I'd much prefer something along the lines of http://libretaxi.org/ http://libretaxi.org/
by em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
Lyft? That is just another corporate-controlled centralized system. I'd much prefer something along the lines of http://libretaxi.org/ http://libretaxi.org/
- delroth 9y ago> No credit cards. Drivers get paid directly with cash. I can understand why some people might see this as a feature, but that's severely misunderstanding why people use services like Uber.
- tommorris 9y agoAlso, payment is very culturally specific. In Brazil, Uber required drivers to accept cash payment having seen that it was successful in other countries like India. Suddenly carjackers realised that Uber cars were basically cash machines on wheels and so armed robbery, murder and mayhem ensued. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/brazils-love-affair-with-uber-has-been-ruined-by-kidnapping-robbery-and-murder https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/brazils-love-affa...
- kissickas 9y agoAs a counterpoint, Careem, Uber's biggest competitor in the GCC, accepts cash. I love the system as they've handled it well - if the driver has no change, they just add it to your account for use on the next trip, with no pressure to tip. You can even run a negative balance although I'm not sure what the limit is.
- santoshalper 9y agoLibretaxi sucks. I don't want to negotiate with the driver and I don't want to pay cash. In typical fashion, open source/FS people fail to understand what makes a product popular when they try to clone it. Nobody gives a fuck about "Libre", I just want to get a fucking ride.
- marmaduke 9y agoThat's too reactive. The point is that there may be services we want (ride) on infrastructure we can inspect and control and we might want to have respect for the operators while we're at it. I see those as features which make execution more expensive and tend to attract less investment and thus not as well done, when done by volunteers in their spare time. That is a incentive problem, not an open source problem.
- sho 9y agoIt's not too reactive at all, it's precisely how I feel as well. I travel a lot in South East Asia and the absolute last thing I want is to have to bargain with the driver (100% of the time they will try to rip me off) or carry bundles of small notes at all times (100% of the time the driver will claim to have no change). I have no idea who LibreTaxi is for, if anyone, but their marketing page makes me want to run a mile. Uber and grab have been a revelation for me in SEA and I use them exclusively.
- marmaduke 9y agoyou missed my point entirely
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoI said "something along the lines of libretaxi". Not libretaxi. You can still do libre with a reputation system and without having to bargain for every ride.
- dingo_bat 9y agoTo be fair, it's not very "libre" either if the only phone shown on the home page is an iphone.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoI really want to see free/open-source win, but it won't happen as long as people keep thinking that shouting "down with closed systems" is a substitute for a competitive product. Ideological purity isn't enough.
- askafriend 9y agoCentralized systems have value, sometimes far more than open systems. The other way around is true also. You can't automatically assume that closed systems are a bad thing.
- isatty 9y ago> No Credit Cards > Negotiating the price with a driver No thanks!