Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse::px-captcha

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    1 year ago

    The original concept of Uber was ride-sharing, where it would match up riders going to a similar destination, like the airport. But I haven’t seen that option pop up in quite a while.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Just like AirBnb, both the company and car/home owners figured they could make more profit by making it a full time gig…

    • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The original concept of Uber was ride-sharing undercutting traditional taxis by operating at a loss until the taxi model was essentially dead and then using newfound monopolistic power to juice profits from every angle with reckless disregard for people or the environment they live in until/if regulators stop us.

      That wasn’t the original concept, you’re confusing the phase 1 marketing pitch for the “concept”.