They've taken the same approach to progressive virtue signaling that NASA, the government, and fusion energy proponents have always done: set your plans about a decade in the future and by the time you are forced to do anything about it, everyone will have forgotten what you promised in the first place. Probably the same people won't even be in charge. It's a great move if all you care about is social score.
A friend of mine did that for years to make a bit of extra money on his normal route. It was a site, you put in the destination and how many places you had available and people would apply for a spot. Users had ratings and he was free to refuse them. At the very least it was interesting to meet people.
Problem is you would have to do this in advance, so it is not like calling a cab at last min.
Bold of them to assume they'll still be around in 2030.
They've taken the same approach to progressive virtue signaling that NASA, the government, and fusion energy proponents have always done: set your plans about a decade in the future and by the time you are forced to do anything about it, everyone will have forgotten what you promised in the first place. Probably the same people won't even be in charge. It's a great move if all you care about is social score.
Who will compete with them? Lyft is the same shit, Didi is banned for being Chinese.
Actual taxi companies. Buses. Walking. Bicycles. Trains.
Local networks of "I am going to the city, who wants to pay $5 to ride along"
If a company just created a message board that cost money to sign up too, they'd be a viable replacement.
A friend of mine did that for years to make a bit of extra money on his normal route. It was a site, you put in the destination and how many places you had available and people would apply for a spot. Users had ratings and he was free to refuse them. At the very least it was interesting to meet people.
Problem is you would have to do this in advance, so it is not like calling a cab at last min.