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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by mmt on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:45PM (#17269536)
I wonder, though, if the original iteration of Uber (now Uber Black?), their actual commercial car/driver version of the service, is the solution.

It didn't have the hyper-growth potential of the current model, but it didn't draw most of the ethical/moral objections, while still providing at least some "disruption" to the taxi monopolies.

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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by StavrosK on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:54PM (#17269604)
Yes, that's much better. We have something similar here, called Beat, which I like much more. It's just taxis, but you can see and leave reviews, you get an estimated price, you can pay by card, etc.
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