Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or...
by solyin on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @11:15PM
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Which is the stupidest fucking thing ever. There should just be a line of cars waiting to pick you up and you get in line and that car drives you to your destination. Aka a taxi stand, just with technology. Get in the car, the driver scans a QR code on your phone that was generated by you, telling the driver where to go. The reason we can't just do that is because taxi laws are stupid and Ubers are not a taxi so we're forced to play that stupid game because money and power, so we can't fix things. Arg.
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Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or...
by htrp on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:10AM
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taxi lobby f*ed up a golden opportunity there
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or...
by NamTaf on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:46AM
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That is exactly how it works at airports in India
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or...
by spwa4 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:48AM
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> There should just be a line of cars waiting to pick you up and you get in line and that car ...
This one is not law. That absolutely exists ... but airports demand money for taxis to join that line of customers and so these got more expensive and are never the cheap option.
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or...
by stroebs on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:30AM
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What’s missing from this is also the choice of the rideshare driver. Maybe they don’t want to take you 30 miles to your destination. Maybe your destination is in an area of no business so it’ll cost more for them to get back to a place they’ll find another fare.
The rideshare race to the bottom model of pricing has some bad aspects to it, but choice for the driver before accepting the trip is one positive.