"Rideshare" is also the least accurate term used to dodge regulations. It is just a taxi/cab. You are paying someone to get you from one place to another. They aren't sharing their ride, they were never going where you are going before you told them to.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Taxis/cabs are legal. Also, perhaps because of age, I tend to view taxis and cabs as phone numbers you call for a car to show up (or go to a taxi stand), whereas I see rideshare as reserve via an app.

I think ride share really just means a vehicle that is used not solely for commercial purposes

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

They are legal if you follow the regulations. The problem with the "rideshare" companies is that they don't. We should just call them "unregulated taxis" rather than pretending that they are a different service. I think just about every taxi company these days is on some app or another (often the same that call unregulated cabs in countries that actually got their shit together and banned the unregulated ones).

[–] Sabrinamycarpet@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

I think just about every taxi company these days is on some app or another (often the same that call unregulated cabs in countries that actually got their shit together and banned the unregulated ones).

I'd like to point out this probably would have taken another 10-15 years to achieve had it not been for the disruption of said ridesharing apps.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They literally changed the name of the company from UberCab to duck regulation.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

It would have been cool if they'd renamed themselves "Calloway".

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I use a local cab company. They smartened up after getting crushed by uber in the first couple years of their existence. Now they have an app that’s similar to uber, but I just call and use the web link that shows me where the car is.

It’s literally the same service, but I have to give my info to Uber’s app to get it.