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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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