If I were a benevolent genius coder I’d release an open source app for any community to roll their own car dispatch. I imagine without dreams to make billions & take over the world, running one would be quite easy and low overhead. A few sliders to tweak the algorithms and not much more.
It’s sad, the basic idea of Uber was genius, I always though it ridiculous that a good chunk of your fare in a NYC cab you were lucky to flag down went to pay a million dollar mortgage on the medallion.
