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Not if the others do the same. For example, which smartphone will you buy that protects your privacy? Which app will you download? With expertise and effort, y
by hackuser 12y ago
Not if the others do the same. For example, which smartphone will you buy that protects your privacy? Which app will you download?
With expertise and effort, you might find some that meet your needs, but often competition and the marketplace provide no choice for consumers on important issues.
- bsbechtel 12y agoIf one company decides not to install cameras and consumers flock to that company, then they've decided. There are enough small rental car outfits out there that can't afford cameras to put this theory to the test. The rental car market is not the ogilopoly that is the tech hardware industry these days.
- PhantomGremlin 12y agoIt is an oligopoly, at least in the USA. See my previous post nearby. Business customers rent most of the cars. Most businesses have year-long contracts with one of the big companies. That way they get discounts on their rentals. They're not going to make a deal with a small "outfit" that doesn't have national airport coverage. That leaves leisure customers. Those are very price sensitive. They're not going to spend an extra nickel to rent a car w/o a camera. Sometimes they will put up with taking a shuttle to an off-airport rental to save a few bucks. But, and this is very important, the smaller companies are less sophisticated in terms of customer screening. So the smaller companies are more susceptible to being scammed by customers. So they will probably be even more eager than the big guys to installing cameras, GPSes, etc to keep track of their cars.