Seems weird to me that these are still called 'ride-sharing' services. Having used blablacar, which I would consider does true ride-sharing, uber and its ilk are more in the vein of ride-hiring.
Juno to soft-launch this month as the anti-Uber service
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#12"the anti-Uber service" is called driving your own car.
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#13This will show my age a bit, but am I the only one that had a rush of memories about Juno email seeing this headline? Good old dial up email... I'm probably just weird. At least the general population probably has no such associations with primitive email services.
Ah yes, Juno. Along with NetZero and Freewwweb, I journeyed the path of the "grey"-side with free internet hacks (which just blocked the ads). My parents didn't yet see the value of internet -- nor did they have the extra cash for it.
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#14I cant help but wonder if Juno and others are overestimating how much people care about the treatment of their drivers. I think very many people, myself included, would say that it is important to them that their driver is happy with his relationship with his employer. But at the end of the day does that really translate to a change in purchasing behavior? For me it does not. I use Uber here in Austin because it is s…
This is why government regulation is so important. Most people don't mind others being exploited if its beneficial to them.
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#15I've never heard of Juno before and it took some serious A-level googling to find their website. Only PR articles (like this one) show up when you search for them and none of them actually link to their site. That's some seriously odd SEO.
I haven't looked at their HTML source in a while, but last time I checked Uber's, it was meta keyword stuffed to an extent that would make a blackhatter proud.
Did you try targeted or scoped Google searches? (EDIT: disregard second paragraph, thats A-level googling)
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#16This will show my age a bit, but am I the only one that had a rush of memories about Juno email seeing this headline? Good old dial up email... I'm probably just weird. At least the general population probably has no such associations with primitive email services.
Juno still provides dialup service and free email. I just fixed a Juno email issue for a friend (which turned out to be their AVG blocking it). Not sure how this other company gets away with calling themselves Juno.
Re: Juno to soft-launch this month as the anti-Uber service
#17"the anti-Uber service" is called driving your own car.
Or public transit or riding a bike, etc.
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#18This will show my age a bit, but am I the only one that had a rush of memories about Juno email seeing this headline? Good old dial up email... I'm probably just weird. At least the general population probably has no such associations with primitive email services.
You may be weird, but not for this reason. :)
Juno brings back lots of memories for me as well. I remember having a very hard time convincing everyone it was 'free'.
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#19I cant help but wonder if Juno and others are overestimating how much people care about the treatment of their drivers. I think very many people, myself included, would say that it is important to them that their driver is happy with his relationship with his employer. But at the end of the day does that really translate to a change in purchasing behavior? For me it does not. I use Uber here in Austin because it is s…
This is why government regulation is so important. Most people don't mind others being exploited if its beneficial to them.
I disagree. Theres plenty of alternative services. If all Uber drivers left for lyft and Juno, then Uber would drastically be hurt in terms of drivers available, and users would have to migrate. As long as there is competition, theres no need for regulation in this market.
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#20> All drivers there are licensed by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), as required by law. Their vehicles must also be licensed with the TLC, and they have to carry commercial insurance.
This is going to negatively impact driver supply (making wait times higher, especially in the outer boroughs) and increase the cost of the service vs Uber.
> Juno’s drivers will provide better service because they’re happier, Marco said.
The only 'service' I want from a taxi driver is to show up, follow the GPS, and not double-swipe my credit card or claim the machine isn't working. Uber already has basically perfect service.
Unless they have some secret innovation I'm not seeing this is going to be a massive failure.