A public feed of all rides? Who in their right mind would want the world to know that they are leaving for the airport? Or publicly give out their home address?
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by ORioN63 on Friday February 14, 2020 @04:45AM
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If I'm understanding this correctly, this is the equivalent of the "taxi radio". Taxi drivers without a current ride or on a short one, can listen to it. They usually talk to a centralized office, but also amongst themselves. i.e. Ask for advice going somewhere, warn about accidents, etc.
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by RomanPushkin on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:26AM
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You're broadcasting your address to people around when you're looking for ride. Unsafe? I think it's much safer than anonymous rides through Telegram platform. If you have any ideas besides criticism you're welcome to contribute.
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by arianestrasse on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:12AM
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OP could've spent 5 minutes to write a bit of a description of what this is, as not everyone has Telegram installed or wants to run some random guy's code to figure out what they're dealing with.
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by seanhunter on Friday February 14, 2020 @02:21AM
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It's a decentralised solution joining would-be serial sex offenders with potential victims. (Only partially joking)
The externalities of the existing taxi licensing systems are not perfect, but removing even the quasi-accountability of a corporate entity like Uber seems worse.
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by RomanPushkin on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:32AM
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Exactly this. One serial killer in comments above isn't happy about public feed and wait it to be more secure (only partially joking).
Good news is you have source code now and author who is happy to accept improvements. Please improve accountability and safety - you can't do it with entities like Uber probably.
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by Arbalest on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:27AM
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It's not clear, if this is a replacement Uber Client, or a whole new decentralised infrastructure for being an unlicenced taxi. Looks like it might be the latter.
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by Kaze404 on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:58AM
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Isn't that what Uber is? The people component only exists when they're trying to manipulate customers into thinking they care about anyone. If you actually try and get support over being harassed by drivers for example, you get to see the real Uber.
Re:LibreTaxi 2 published, open-source Uber PoC
by derrick_jensen on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:56AM
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What legal protections do you have, and what are you liable for as a company? Is this meant to be used in major markets, or only in societies with high levels of stranger trust like Japan? Are you trying to compete on price on the third world? No offense but I have no idea why somebody will use this
A public feed of all rides? Who in their right mind would want the world to know that they are leaving for the airport? Or publicly give out their home address?
It's a great idea for Taxi's (the radio).
I'll hold my opinion on this software.
I also don't know why the parent post is getting down-voted. HN can be harsh.
The externalities of the existing taxi licensing systems are not perfect, but removing even the quasi-accountability of a corporate entity like Uber seems worse.
Good news is you have source code now and author who is happy to accept improvements. Please improve accountability and safety - you can't do it with entities like Uber probably.