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

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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

    Wrong, it started as "Ubercab" and you could request a black luxury cab. It eventually turned into the app we have now with people trying to make ends meet. It was and is a taxi service.

    Straight from Wikipedia.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber#:~:text=Following%20a%20beta%20launch%20in,times%20that%20of%20a%20taxi.

    https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/111015/story-uber.asp

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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".

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