There are people doing this, eg. coopcycle.org. But there's a few barriers: - people who are not from the neighborhood will be familiar with UberWhatever but

There are people doing this, eg. coopcycle.org. But there's a few barriers: - people who are not from the neighborhood will be familiar with UberWhatever but not with your local platform (network effect) - local platforms can't get away from working regulations (and that's a good thing) so they need much higher margins than multinationals in order to respect the law - small local platforms need actual money/clients to grow, while multinationals like Uber get VC/whoever money "for free" to spend at a loss just to gain market traction in hope for future profit So it's like can you and a few neighbors fight with sticks against the tank of a well-funded invader? Sure, but the odds of success are not great. My best regards to worker coops worldwide who help make capitalism a nightmare of the past.