cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9525207

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Because you have 2/4 general terms: Rideshare Short term rentals Crypto LLM

“Rideshare” is also the least accurate term used to dodge regulations. It is just a taxi/cab. You are paying someone to get you from one place to another. They aren’t sharing their ride, they were never going where you are going before you told them to.

Taxis/cabs are legal. Also, perhaps because of age, I tend to view taxis and cabs as phone numbers you call for a car to show up (or go to a taxi stand), whereas I see rideshare as reserve via an app. I think ride share really just means a vehicle that is used not solely for commercial purposes

They are legal if you follow the regulations. The problem with the “rideshare” companies is that they don’t. I think just about every taxi company these days is on some app or another (often the same that call unregulated cabs in countries that actually got their shit together and banned the unregulated ones).

I think just about every taxi company these days is on some app or another (often the same that call unregulated cabs in countries that actually got their shit together and banned the unregulated ones). I’d like to point out this probably would have taken another 10-15 years to achieve had it not been for the disruption of said ridesharing apps.

Just because there’s a inconvenience for consumers doesn’t mean you make workers suffer instead of fixing the problem.