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Sure, but that's money that is being taken out of my community and I would prefer that it stay here. Why do I need to involve a middle man from another country
by Teever 4y ago
Sure, but that's money that is being taken out of my community and I would prefer that it stay here.
Why do I need to involve a middle man from another country to facilitate a trip across town?
- sushid 4y agoThen ride a cab? You're involving a middle man because they do a pretty damn good job taking you from point A to point B. It's the same reason you might want to use Amazon to buy something and "take money out of your community."
- Teever 4y agoI take the bus, but I noticed lately that I haven't seen a cab in my city in months, whereas pre Uber I used to see dozens of them a day. For better or worse I think that Uber destroyed the cab industry in my city. Either way, I still think that we could have some sort of decentralized ride sharing platform that doesn't suck so much money out of local communities. I think that this would be better for communities and therefore society a a whole.
- cinntaile 4y agoLocal cabs need to innovate and provide an app with similar features. If they do that, they'll probably stay in business. If not... Good luck.
- Apocryphon 4y agoThe problem is what happens after Uber goes out of business, having taken out the local cab companies?
- cinntaile 4y agoIn what sense? The taxi's and their drivers will still be there, they're locals. They're not completely dependent on Uber so if a vacuum would arise, it would be filled quite fast I believe.