They don't necessarily have to detour to your front door, you can often walk to a pickup point that is a compromise: balancing amount of detouring, amount of w

They don't necessarily have to detour to your front door, you can often walk to a pickup point that is a compromise: balancing amount of detouring, amount of walking, amount of waiting, amount of adapting your schedule to the schedule of the transportation. The more flexible you are on any of those things, the more you can save yourself a few cents. The worst case is, you need the car as soon as possible, you want it to come to your door, you don't want to be slowed down at all by stops along the way. Maybe you have other requirements, like you need it to have room for cargo, you need it to have a seat for your kid, you need to take your Golden Retriever along, or whatever. In those cases, it'll cost you a bit more, but it's still the same system so it's not a big deal. On the other hand, maybe you are good with scheduling your trip in advance, you don't mind it making lots of stops because you'll just be working on your laptop anyway, and if the weather is nice you are good with a bit of a walk on either end. The more people who are this flexible, the better the system works, so they are happy to give you a discount. What I'm talking about is about is somewhere between a city bus, and an Uber/cab. Lots of efficiencies can be gained by balancing all these different things, and the more people using it, the easier it gets to do this sort of thing. I can't see why people wouldn't want it to work like that.