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> I’ve never seen the need for Uber It's incredible spending time in the undeveloped/developing world - all the problems and solutions that "gig" apps supposed
by grecy 5y ago
> I’ve never seen the need for Uber
It's incredible spending time in the undeveloped/developing world - all the problems and solutions that "gig" apps supposedly are good for live on to this day all over the world.
Need a place to stay? Ask around the village and someone will be more than happy for you to sleep in the spare room for $1/night.
Need a ride? Wait where the locals are, you'll get in a communal "taxi" with locals for 10 or 20 cents to the next town.
In the Western World there are apps for this kind of thing that funnel profits to mega corporations. In the rest of the world there are average people on the street doing it every day as part of normal life.
- dzikimarian 5y ago> Need a place to stay? Ask around the village and someone will be more than happy for you to sleep in the spare room for $1/night. Out of curiosity - where did you have such experience?
- Mezzie 5y agoAlso who are you and who were you traveling with? Because gotta say, as a female, I'm not staying in rando's spare rooms...
- grecy 5y agoI've done it at least 50 times through Central and South America and all the way around the coastline of Africa. Real people out there are much friendlier and welcoming than seems possible.