Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay

Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by chrisjarvis on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:49PM (#24229430)

I tend to agree with this, I've always thought ridesharing was rather beautiful in terms of economic efficiency: pair those with extra money but who don't want to drive at that moment with those with extra time who want money. As long as there is adequate education about the all-in costs of car ownership I am all on board. And at scale it reduces traffic (or at least amount of cars in an area).

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by CarbyAu on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:47PM (#24231768)

In ages past my first thoughts upon hearing of Uber was entirely about "matching" as you described.

I recall thinking it would be great for adhoc rideshare commuting to/from work.

Somewhere it turned into a money sucking business platform. Maybe because it required funds to run the servers required and went off the rails from there?

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by jballer on Friday August 21, 2020 @04:29AM (#24233126)

Or maybe because the supply side is full of drivers doing the job for less pay than they should reasonably agree to, betting on a windfall from AB5?

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