[MadWombat]

> There is no free market of proposals

Drivers are free to accept or decline any ride requests around them. How is that not a free market of proposals? Pretty much every driver I met used multiple applications, Uber, Lift, Juno. I don't know whether or not any Uber drivers would stop for someone just flagging a cab on the street the old fashioned way.

> Uber sets the terms and conditions

There are always terms and conditions. If your handyman needs to do something to your power circuitry, he had better be a licensed electrician. The catering that puts icing on your cake, better pass a health inspection. And your cab driver better have a driver's license. All of these are pretty much take it or leave it restrictions.

> it would have to allow drivers and riders to post proposals, set their own terms and prices and freely select from available offers

No taxi service I know of works this way. Because you want your fares to be at least somewhat predictable and your incentives are aligned very different from driver's incentives.

[dmode]

The big problem is pricing. Uber sets the price, while handyman quotes their own price