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Thought experiment: if Lyft had a fleet of autonomous cabs called Lyftbot that was 10% cheaper, but not social, would anyone pay more for the "social experience
by nostromo 12y ago
Thought experiment: if Lyft had a fleet of autonomous cabs called Lyftbot that was 10% cheaper, but not social, would anyone pay more for the "social experience" of a human cabby?
This feels like a feature from 2010 when every interaction was destined to become social. Social shopping, social search, social everything... until it wasn't.
I love Lyft and use it all the time. But it's there to get me to a destination. I enjoy chatting with the driver, but that's incidental. I hope they don't mess it up by forcing it to be more social than it need be -- let's call it "pulling a Google+."
- therobot24 12y ago> would anyone pay more for the "social experience" of a human cabby? Only if i had just moved to the area or was in another country so i could talk to the driver - but this is no different than if i were in a traditional cab. But otherwise i agree, the point of the most of these lyft/uber/cab rides is the destination, anything else is just fluff.
- pavel_lishin 12y agoI would pay 10% more for a deaf-mute introvert cabbie. 20% more for a completely automated car.