This blows my mind. I used to use Uber a bunch, and I built relationships with drivers such that I could just text them and get a ride at a certain time for a discount.
Ultimately, I wonder if Uber is prime to be disrupted if drivers got together and funded a few engineers to build a city-scale service for the hailing and payment aspect.
>Ultimately, I wonder if Uber is prime to be disrupted if drivers got together and funded a few engineers to build a city-scale service for the hailing and payment aspect.
Apparently a whole bunch of folks are trying to do just that.
I was going to provide just one example, but a web search[0] shows a whole bunch of these efforts in a variety of locales. As such, I just provided the web search results here.
Already happening in NYC w/ Curb, though many (like me) are staying the fuck away from it and sticking w/ Uber/Lyft. It's a matter of trust and operational complexity (that's not easily "solved" from the ground up), imho
mathgladiator|3 years ago
Ultimately, I wonder if Uber is prime to be disrupted if drivers got together and funded a few engineers to build a city-scale service for the hailing and payment aspect.
nobody9999|3 years ago
Apparently a whole bunch of folks are trying to do just that.
I was going to provide just one example, but a web search[0] shows a whole bunch of these efforts in a variety of locales. As such, I just provided the web search results here.
[0] https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=ride%20share%20cooperativ...
dopidopHN|3 years ago
Last time I tried the Lyon app it was barebone and not really up to par with Uber by a large margin. But still.
nerdponx|3 years ago
robertlagrant|3 years ago
And they're...okay. I think they all use the same white label technology to make their apps.
janejeon|3 years ago