[guardian-dev] Free Software Ride Hailing Systems?

[bancfc at openmailbox.org]

On 2017-04-10 19:38, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> The way I'm thinking about it, the "customer" would be existing taxi
> companies that already have a pool of drivers and a customer base.  
> They
> know they need to modernize to compete, so if there was a turn-key
> whitelabel app or some kind of general service modeled like gitlab-ish,
> those companies could just adopt it.  Then they'd pay for support and
> development services as needed.  Or in the gitlab-ish model, there 
> could
> be a hosted version for a monthly fee, along side consulting services
> for running your own.
> 
> .hc
> 

+1

IMO the basic building blocks of a libre and privacy friendly Uber 
alternative are already available (OSMAnd, Conversations, Orbot and 
Bitcoin) its just a matter of cobbling them together with a federated 
server-side infrastructure. As for ride payments it could be cash too.