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Stallman is right on many points.

Uber, Airbnb, delivery services and the like are nothing more than glorified communication and payment tools.

These services can only be called "sharing" economy if they operate at zero profit and their app code is open source.

I think they should and pretty soon will be public services, developed by the community and run by local non profit organisations, like Firefighters.

Furthermore, these should be local services, catering to the specific circumstances of the city or town they operate in, obeying the local customs and so on.

parent delegate 10 years ago

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