Uber faces criminal probe over Greyball s/w used to evade regulation

Steven Schear schear.steve at gmail.com
Mon May 8 08:26:30 PDT 2017


Mirimir,

This is what https://swarm.city/ is trying to bootstrap. Also,
https://twitter.com/SwarmCityDApp

Steve

On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:

> On 05/07/2017 02:12 AM, Vasily Kolobkov wrote:
> > [2017-05-06 20:21] "Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn at 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. 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?
>
> As long as hitchhiking is legal, one could argue that ride sharing is
> just a technological improvement. Back in the day, I recall ride boards,
> where you could arrange long-distance trips. And isn't an app equivalent
> to a bulletin board?
>
> > p.s. Not a taxi you where looking for, though should you be into
> > selling/buying stuff - why not give OpenBazaar a try? This one seems
> > to be pretty usable and with no central authority.
> >
>
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