> parroting this line The line is true. "Ridesharing" used to mean something completely different. > Their main offering pre-pandemic was in fact Uber Pool an

> parroting this line The line is true. "Ridesharing" used to mean something completely different. > Their main offering pre-pandemic was in fact Uber Pool and Lyft Line, which was indeed shared rides. First, this used to be known as "splitting a cab," not "ridesharing." Second, Uber was branding its service as "ridesharing" long before it launched Uber Pool. Uber Pool was only added a few years after Uber spread across the US. This article is an example of how "ridesharing" was used in the pre-Uber days: [0]. A typical passage from the article: > It's not that there's a shortage of rideshare sites on the Internet. One of the largest sites in Canada is Carpool.ca, which thousands of people and hundreds of employers and universities use to organize carpools. 0. https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/leadership/2008/04/28/buddy_can_you_spare_a_ride.html https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/leadership/2...