• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    5 months ago

    My understanding is that Uber basically lifted the idea from queer people. They were tired of not getting taxis so they started a service called homobiles ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homobiles )

    Uber then did all the shitty capitalism things and become the huge money hole and exploitation machine we all know.

    Airbnb also made the process easy it lead to rents raising by like 30% in some places .

    So they have have some convenience and such, but on the whole they’re probably a net negative.

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      5 months ago

      My understanding is that Uber basically lifted the idea from queer people.

      That doesn’t make sense as it seems Homobiles was first “thought of” in 2010 and properly founded in 2011. While Uber was founded in 2009 and was already operational in 2010.

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        5 months ago

        I got it from “the cold start problem” , so it’s possible the author was mistaken or I mangled the details.