I've seen these pop up all over the bay and in LA recently. More often than not they end up immediately abandoned all over public spaces as soon as they run out

I've seen these pop up all over the bay and in LA recently. More often than not they end up immediately abandoned all over public spaces as soon as they run out of batteries or the first free ride is over. Bird particularly seems the worst. The scooters are really under powered and have tiny batteries with seemingly nobody maintaining or charging them, so they just end up laying around. You also get completely inexperienced riders with zero safety equipment driving around in the streets causing issues. It's just another example of a short sighted attempt to arbitrage the public well being for private profit.