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[-] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

It's not going to be well integrated. They will provide services only on profitable routes. All companies providing services on not profitable connections will lose out until the whole system is worse than before uber joined

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That's relatively standard for start-ups and not awful on its face.

But its not clear from the ad copy whether they're actually offering any kind of independent service, or whether they're just doing the middleman bullshit, where they charge you a convenience fee to buy a ticket you could have just as easily obtained directly from Amtrak.

If this is just Ticketmaster For Trains, then its arguably even worse. The last thing we need is more privatized transaction clearing services.

this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024
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