this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
0 points (NaN% liked)

Technology

59133 readers
2266 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
0
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is just a cab, with extra steps. You get a cab, you pay the driver no middle man.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really! What about reputation score, etc?

You could actually say that about any business that accepts credit cards or digital payment at the point of sale. Try it.

Two points:

  • cash-on-hand is a huge security vulnerability
  • reputation is something that REQUIRES a tamper-proof network (virtually impossible without blockchain) and some sort of identity. If you attempt to centralize reputation (which would inescapably involve putting it in the hands of a for-profit corporation or trusted party(s)), you get gamification and a company that extorts people to get them to pay for positive reviews or to remove negative reviews like we see with Yelp!