Ride sharing? Community Center by Dani Uber or Lyft? ;) just curious. It's been my experience that this is the Windows or Mac question of yesteryear. Re: Uber-Sydney charging AU$100.00 for trip out of CBD Community Center Geeks' Lounge by Reverend Jim … are contractors, not employees 1. Interfered with an attempt by Lyft to attract investors 1. Threatened to smear reporters 1. Called… Re: Plan to launch an Android mobile app for my business Programming Mobile Development by Dani Are you referring to an Uber or Lyft clone that only dispatches from your local cab company? If … Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by Reverend Jim Can I pick "neither"? Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by rproffitt When I travel for the company they cover taxi, bus, train and other transportation costs. So while many have used Uber the places we go at times have outstanding mass transit systems. I had the luck of going to Taipei many times and after the taxi from the airport would use mass transit and the occasional taxi. A few times reminded me of Mr. … Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by Dani LOL rproffitt. Was speaking to my mom on the phone earlier today. She's always been a big proponent of me using Uber because she loves how I send her the little status updates and she can follow the car to its destination on the map. So she says to me tonight, "So *anyone* can just take their car and start driving??!!" Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by Reverend Jim >So anyone can just take their car and start driving? I see that as a bug, not a feature. Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by happygeek I'd rather support a small, local business than a multinational tax avoding one. So neither here as well. I use a local minicab outfit if I need a taxi. Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by Dani > I see that as a bug, not a feature. Exactly. That was her point. Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by diafol I.ve used uber once. It was not as cheap as advertised. There was this horrible multiplier that kept changing the fare before booking. Urgh. Never again. Saturday night in Cardiff is no fun if you.re trying to find a ride home (10 miles or so). Taxi firms used to hold you to ransom with extortionate rates. And you didn.t have a choice. Now there is… Re: Ride sharing? Community Center by Reverend Jim I've never used Uber (only ever taken a cab twice in my life), but my son (Long Island) has used Uber once to get to the airport. They had a special first-time-user discount so the ride ended up costing him forty three cents.