It could have great potential, and I see the virtue of this kind of thing globally, but my first thought was "This seems like a great way to get murdered." Maybe that's a gender thing?
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#282>, pay cash upon arrival. Paying cash is a non-starter. I haven't been to a bank ATM in over 10 years. I don't even know what my card's secret PIN is to make a cash withdrawal. Being virtually cashless by using credit-cards for everything is very common in professional circles. A credit-card is simpler and the exact line-item amount showing up on my monthly statement helps me keep track of travel expenses. (Also, man…
Here we have an alternative payment method https://byteball.org/
Byteball is the future.
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#284>, pay cash upon arrival. Paying cash is a non-starter. I haven't been to a bank ATM in over 10 years. I don't even know what my card's secret PIN is to make a cash withdrawal. Being virtually cashless by using credit-cards for everything is very common in professional circles. A credit-card is simpler and the exact line-item amount showing up on my monthly statement helps me keep track of travel expenses. (Also, man…
You can still pay by credit card, provided that both the driver and passenger agree. There are portable credit card readers that interface with smartphones.
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#285> Based on Telegram app, most secured and fastest messenger in the world. Red flag right there.
> most secured [...] messenger in the world That's indeed a very dubious claim, only the opt-in "Secret Chats" use end-to-end encryption. [0] [0] https://telegram.org/faq#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data
The main reason secret chats are opt-in is that there is no key management built in so secret chats are not synchronized across devices. Also secret chats are not supported in the desktop yet.
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#286At the first glance, this seems to be a way to bring the 3rd world taxi experience to the 21st century. Really, no taxi licenses, no requirements on cars, no driver verification, no GPS, paying cash... I feel safe already.
> no taxi licenses
Well, this one is arguably a good thing.
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#287I'll post a comment from ProductHunt, which might give a bit more context to where the founder sees this going, and why cash rides make sense under certain circumstances he designed the app for: […] I have gone to the founder's blog and it provides a better understanding of where he sees it going: Uber (and similar apps) will never reach many remote villages, cities and regions around the world (and don't have to), b…
Was scratching my head why anyone would build an Uber clone but his explanation makes perfect sense. He is tackling a market that Uber might never enter -- rural areas.
I don't understand why they wouldn't enter those markets. Is there really some insurmountable hurdle to extending this mobile and internet based service? It makes no sense to me?
Sure it would not be as quick because there would not be as many drivers, but there's no harm in just offering it for facilitation of ride sharing, is there? It is maybe that they just don't see the value of fighting small localities and their taxi mafias? Can someone shed some light on what might be hampering that.
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#288Earlier quoted context omitted.
AZERBAIJAN MANAT ZAMBIAN KWACHA BELARUSIAN RUBLE All currencies, all are as volatile as can be.
And those three markets also accept (and even more highly value) stable currencies. Bring a Euro to any store in Belarus and it'll be accepted at a greater value than the listed exchange rate.
> it'll be accepted at a greater value than the listed exchange rate.
Didn't realize how dire the listing situation was there
:-p
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#289I don't think this is the right approach. IMO, what we need a platform for regional driver co-ops. You obviously wouldn't have the consistency of Uber and Lyft, but the service would take only a tiny cut since they don't have to provide anything other than the app. When you want to hail a car, you'd be able to choose from any local services, which are responsible for the vetting and insurance of drivers. It has its flaws, obviously, but such driver co-ops already exist in some places, so I think it could work.
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#290I'll post a comment from ProductHunt, which might give a bit more context to where the founder sees this going, and why cash rides make sense under certain circumstances he designed the app for: […] I have gone to the founder's blog and it provides a better understanding of where he sees it going: Uber (and similar apps) will never reach many remote villages, cities and regions around the world (and don't have to), b…
Uber is trying to address the Credit Card issues after it noticed that lots of Singaporeans, maids and foreign labor do not have credit cards but still needs the service. They accept cash now. https://www.techinasia.com/uber-cash-payments-singapore
I have the option of cash payments here in New Zealand. I think I had that option in the US, too.