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There are actually taxi cooperative or call center that have their own app. But they're each limited to one city. What they need to do is get together to release a high-quality app that works all over the world by relying on the local taxi call center partner.
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I've been looking for something like this. Not because of Trump but because I strongly oppose the "sharing economy" that is explotative of workers, circumventing legitimate market regulation and reaping profits in a centralized manner.
How is LibreTaxi not "explotative of workers, circumventing legitimate market regulation"? You're right about the centralized profit thing.
About the trust and reputation issue, I think blockchain technologies could play an important role for decentralized services like this. I would like to see a multipurpose reputation / trust system based on the blockchain, exposing all the needed features as a simple library and / or HTTP API, ready to be implemented by apps and websites. I think we are still in a period where a lot of products are built either in a…
There are actually taxi cooperative or call center that have their own app. But they're each limited to one city. What they need to do is get together to release a high-quality app that works all over the world by relying on the local taxi call center partner.
Why do we need a dedicated app for everything? Is it not time to build one app that can be used for everything, including ride sharing, food delivery and item listing?
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BlaBlaCar [0] operates/ed only with community reviews (for drivers and passengers) and is doing just fine in EU... It is in fact so successful, that govs and press always talk about "services like blablacar and uber" (they're classified as basically the same kind of service) [0] https://www.blablacar.com/
I've literally never heard anyone outside Spotify ads 3 years ago even mention blablacar, let alone in the same breath as Uber.
[FRANCE] http://www.capital.fr/bourse/actualites/blablacar-uber-sont-...
[SPAIN] http://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2016/04/14/570f66...
[UK] http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/60586...
[NETHERLANDS] http://www.nu.nl/internet/4268012/autodeeldienst-blablacar-w...
etc...
> Based on Telegram app, most secured and fastest messenger in the world. Red flag right there.
That's indeed a very dubious claim, only the opt-in "Secret Chats" use end-to-end encryption. [0]
My concern with this is the problem of ensuring the safety of the person driving the cab and the real identity of the rider. Lots of drivers will be reluctant because they can be stiffed on the bill. Lots of passengers will be reluctant to use it due to the inherent risk of riding with what is essentially a stranger.
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Not sure about other EU countries but here in Italy Blablacar and Uber are completely different. For example the price you're allowed to ask is calculated to ensure it's only a cost sharing without any income for the driver.
> without any income for the driver What? It doesn't make sense... Then why would any driver want to provide services via the app? Also, I'm not talking about the specifics of the payment or reward systems, I'm just pointing out that they're both considered to be "on the same level" and in the same "difficult to tax" tech service (carpooling, ride-sharing, etc)... just google "blablacar uber" and see the results...