Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented Electric Scooters

Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by twiceaday on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:44PM (#37372399)

Yet another business model that doesn't add up if you account for all negative externalities. Do you think the founders of these companies knew that before starting?

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by kergonath on Sunday September 03, 2023 @02:17PM (#37372766)

The founders went away with a whole bunch of VC money. They knew perfectly well what they were doing, and that was not establishing a sustainable business.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by houseatrielah on Sunday September 03, 2023 @02:20PM (#37372807)

I'm sure there's a whole batch of companies that want to abuse the sidewalks. Robo-pizza delivery bot! Robo-package delivery bot! Mobile-advertising-bot! Paris will be perfectly fine with their world-class metro and world-famous urban environment.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by sshine on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:50PM (#37372474)

I think the cost of entering is sufficiently low to get convinced that “this time, it will be different”.

There is a YouTuber who collects and dumps them in piles, and it seems like the scooter companies have sufficient anti-theft measures in place to justify that the risk of theft is low.

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