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 b

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.