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Perfect way to eliminate the competition via regulatory lock out

• landcoctos 7y ago
  It's not really sharing anyway.
  • tracker1 7y ago
    Yeah, the term really got me when I first heard about Uber... my thoughts was it was more like a near-demand carpool service to pull together extra passengers for where you were going anyway (for a small fee). Reality it's more like a Taxi service with private vehicles. Still wouldn't mind seeing another ride share app with carpooling as the focus.
    • DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
      Waze Carpool
    • jfk13 7y ago
      Yes, calling it "ride-sharing" has always been disingenuous at best. I suspect the idea was to make it sound more small-scale and personal, less formal and commercial, so that people wouldn't feel it needs regulation or oversight as much as a commercial transportation service.
• olliej 7y ago
  No, AB5 simply requires that they compete fairly with all other transit systems that recognize their employees as employees. The reality is that all these “gig economy” companies are only able to compete by unfairly claiming that their employees are somehow not their employees.
  • favorited 7y ago
    They're not even able to compete. Neither Uber nor Lyft are profitable.