[JZL003]

I honestly don't understand what their huge operating costs are, too many swe? Ubers self driving push was dead on arrival and sold for a loss

Is it managing accidents and ensuring passenger safety?

I don't even know if there's brand loyalty because the apps are so commodified and the drivers can work on any app

I've been hoping for an open source/community driven/minimal version of the app. A software dev puts together a very simple version and takes minimal overhead, no fancy features but geolocalized requests

I know I'm oversimplifying how much Uber does but it doesn't seem profound or impossible, 'just' network effects. And if I knew the drivers for a bigger cut and hypothetically it was cheaper for me too, it'd be so great

[JZL003]

I know this is overly optimistic but I've been inspired reading about maid cooperatives in NYC https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/opin...

What if there was a driver cooperative competing with Uber where there wasn't huge overhead.

[conscion]

In the NYC there's already a driver co-op for ride sharing: https://drivers.coop/

[JZL003]

Yes! Thanks that's exactly what I was hoping for. Sadly I'm not in nyc so I can't use it but that makes sense to me