Chand (chand)

Uber etc are middlemen that take a cut to exchange location. It’s 2022. Location sharing should be a commodity. Uber’s cut can be passed on to drivers and users

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To test this, we just launched a tiny uber-like app with some key differences: 1. We just connect the drivers and users. They negotiate among themselves. 2. We don’t host payment services. Payments are off platform 3. We take flat fee from drivers to cover our server bills

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Due to (1), Uber etc have historically failed here. People haggle to their bones. Due to (2), most transactions here are cash. Due to (3), unions run strong here

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Man, this systems and protocols stuff is so… ummm… inspiring. Like setting up future use cases to smash it home while figuring out ways to keep backwards compatibility et cetera et cetera

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