2020-08-23
Yes and yes. I was amused by the suggestion of “franchising” to “fleet owners”. And how then have we not returned to the taxi model? The 100 year ground transit cycle goes on: Uber and Lyft had time to comply with the law. They did not. https://www.engadget.com/... @engadget
OneZero
Uber and Lyft's potential franchise model is reminiscent of FedEx's similar move, when FedEx shifted from employing independent contractors to fleet operators
but Not Their Drivers by @SarahFKessler @OZM https://onezero.medium.com/... Damon Beres / @dlberes : NEW deep dive from @SarahFKessler on the franchise model that might save Uber a...
2020-08-22
Yes and yes. I was amused by the suggestion of “franchising” to “fleet owners”. And how then have we not returned to the taxi model? The 100 year ground transit cycle goes on: Uber and Lyft had time to comply with the law. They did not. https://www.engadget.com/... @engadget
OneZero
Uber and Lyft's potential franchise model is reminiscent of FedEx's similar move, when FedEx shifted from employing independent contractors to fleet operators
A new ‘franchise’ model could help the companies without necessarily improving working conditions
2020-08-13
Fail to understand why the thing you are replacing evolved into the mess it is, and the best you will do is become it. True for ride-sharing (called it in 2010...a driver is a driver be they in a taxi or a Prius). True for blockchain. https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $339M, above expectations but down 61% YoY, as active riders drop 60% YoY to 8.7M; revenue per active rider was $39.06, down 2% YoY
Lora Kolodny / CNBC :
Fail to understand why the thing you are replacing evolved into the mess it is, and the best you will do is become it. True for ride-sharing (called it in 2010...a driver is a driver be they in a taxi or a Prius). True for blockchain. https://www.cnbc.com/...
The Verge
Lyft joins Uber in saying it will pull out of California if forced to re-classify drivers as employees
The companies say they can't afford to classify drivers as employees — Lyft said it would shut down operations in California if forced to classify drivers as employees …
2020-05-19
One of the many reasons why @Microsoft these days is making @Apple look like Microsoft. (This, and the brilliant designs of @panos_panay.) “Microsoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change” | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/...
The Register
At an MIT event, Microsoft president Brad Smith says the company was “on the wrong side of history” with open source
Tell-all with president Brad Smith reveals Obama warned tech giants that a privacy reckoning was coming — Microsoft president Brad Smith (pictured) …
2020-05-05
Anyone have thoughts about NEAR Protocol? I'll say this: #baselineprotocol is true to “protocol”...not a chain, a token, a coin, a scheme, etc...it's a *protocol*...a cookbook...a way of doing things. Annoying when protocol projects reveal as platforms. https://techcrunch.com/...
CoinDesk
NEAR, a blockchain project for running dapps, says it closed a $21.6M token sale led by a16z
William Foxley / CoinDesk :