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> When you ask friends to drop you at airport that is sharing. And your friend didn't need a professional insurance for his car for that. The difference is sca

• geezerjay 8y ago
  The main driving principle of the sharing economy is actually the ability to give a lift from time to time without any bother. The problem is that a number of factors do prevent supply from entering the market, thus the revenue available to established players is high enough to validate working full time.
  • aikah 8y ago
    > The main driving principle of the sharing economy is actually the ability to give a lift from time to time without any bother. Except for people driving for Uber full-time. The whole "grass root sharing economy" Uber style is a masquerade.
    • geezerjay 8y ago
      Some people work for Uber full-time because regulation restricts supply, thus providing the service becomes too profitable and generates enough income to make a living working full time. I also have a hard time trying to see the point of this sort of argument. Are taxi services suddenly bad, and driving a taxi for a living something to frown upon?
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      • ionised 8y ago
        > Are taxi services suddenly bad, and driving a taxi for a living something to frown upon? Nowhere did he say or even suggest that. You are making a deliberately uncharitable interpretation of his post in order to weaken the point he was making. All this does though, is weaken yours.