I think your average person does think that way. This entire debate and court case is between Taxi's and Uber, because they're competing by providing essential

I think your average person does think that way. This entire debate and court case is between Taxi's and Uber, because they're competing by providing essentially the same thing. The passenger clearly doesn't care if the person driving them from A to B is using a company vehicle vs their own vehicle. Ride sharing is a silly name, as you're not really sharing the ride if the driver isn't going to the same place are they.