[2017-05-07 16:31] Mirimir <mirimir@riseup.net>
On 05/07/2017 02:12 AM, Vasily Kolobkov wrote:
[2017-05-06 20:21] "Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn@rushpost.com>
Is Lyft any better? Is zTrip any better? If not, what should we use instead?
I bet on classical p2p systems. These have quite some road to walk and definitely need all the help you can give.
Humans being humans, this ain't a magic pill, though the core principles leave much less for them to slide back into a usual corporatism/enslavement/etc.
I would certainly prefer open-source P2P ride-sharing apps, which simply coordinate drivers and riders, with no central profit-stealing corporations. However, I don't believe that Uber or Lyft are profiting yet. They're relying on venture capital to build demand.
Nah, they are of the same 'sharing economy' bunch. Might do good for a while, but it's the same dirty business after they get big enough of a following.
They also provide legal assistance to drivers, and pay fines. I'm not sure how they deal with vehicles taken through civil forfeiture. So how would a pure P2P system deal that those issues?
Such issues can be addressed by the protocol. I would be cautious about it though as it implies some sort of global consent on the subject and anything global is a) technically involved and b) of dubious social merits. As a half-way alternative, it might be a system of opt-in policies where some property gets enforced amongst participants. That's just my speculation though.