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In this article ride-sharing is just a weird euphemism for taxis you order via an app, right? Or are they referring to something other than Uber?

• esperent 5y ago
  No, it's just Uber etc.. Which is a completely different meaning than ride-sharing had ten years ago.
  • a_imho 5y ago
    From what I recall it was exactly the same 10 years ago. This is a repeating pattern, let's reinvent X but call it something else to bask in the rays of disruption and mislead regulators/consumers long enough to succeed.
    • esperent 5y ago
      Until recently, ride sharing meant sharing a ride with another driver who was already going the same way as you, without a commercial side (although you might be expected to chip in for petrol). Somewhere in between carpooling and hitchhiking. Uber hijacked the term and took it over to mean a commercial enterprise that is basically unlicensed taxis via smartapp.