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All according to plan
by DaSHacka 9mo ago
All according to plan
- koakuma-chan 9mo agoIt already doesn't make sense to own a car for me. It's cheaper to just call an Uber.
- paulddraper 9mo agoDepends how often. Multiple Ubers per day are expensive. ($55 x 365 = $20,000) All in, a budget car costs less than half of that per year. But if you replace some of that with public transportation, or a car is otherwise impractical, the math changes.
- gffrd 9mo agoFor some this is the case. For others, this is not the case.
- amelius 9mo agosome -> most ?
- DaSHacka 9mo agoIn west/east coast cities maybe. Talk to anyone from the midwest about not owning a car and they'll laugh you out of the room. Well, unless it's because youre proposing they switch to ATV's and Snowmobiles, in which case there some people can technically get by without a traditional automobile.
- ghaff 9mo agoI'm guessing that's a fairly city viewpoint. My car is setup with roofrack and carries a lot of other gear I want. I'm regularly in places without reliable cell etc. Visiting friends can easily be an hour drive.
- koakuma-chan 9mo agoYes, a city viewport. I usually just walk, but when I don't I most often take the subway, not even Uber. Though I feel like in Toronto the subway or some part thereof is closed or under maintenance or whatever way too often. It's not very reliable.
- amelius 9mo agoIf you take off the conspiracy hat, you will see that there are many advantages to not owning a product. Such as that the vendor's incentives are better aligned with yours. For example, if the thing breaks, it is in __their__ best interest to fix it (or to not let it break in the first place). This also has positive implications for sustainability.
- physicles 9mo agoIt’s also in their best interest to set the price so as to maximize their own profits. If switching costs or monopoly power allow them to set a higher price, they will do so. Have we learned nothing from a decade of subscription services?