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I've long thought the endgame of Uber is open-source software that continually automatically adjusts how much of the transaction it skims off so that it always
by cvsh 9y ago
I've long thought the endgame of Uber is open-source software that continually automatically adjusts how much of the transaction it skims off so that it always has just enough to pay its own AWS bills.
- tomcam 9y agoWho would do dispute resolution, driver verification, and background checks? Who would get sued when a driver assaulted a passenger or vice versa?
- icebraining 9y agoJust thinking aloud: Uber doesn't actually run driver verification and background checks, they hire other companies for that. In a more decentralized world, drivers would pay for that service themselves and get a digitally-signed certificate that they could upload to the software. Same for being sued: the driver would have to get insurance or escrow a certain lump sum (and upload proof too), so that if someone sued and won, the money could be used to pay for that.