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[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But they know their competitions are doing to adopt the same type of tech, so where are those customers going to go when they have no choice?

[–] kwarg@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I use an app called GoMore in some places in Europe that allows you to rent cars from other peers. The rental process is cheaper and faster--everything is done through the app--and you avoid these shady corpo practices.

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Turo is probably the closest equivalent in the US

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

For now till the shit that happens with Airbnb happens there. With the corporations just renting all the cars.

In the US, Turo is basically that.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes there's no competition. Many times there is. And still customers will ignore them.

Look where we all are right now. Was it hard leaving Reddit? Did it cost you anything? And yet millions of people return there every day. Reddit fucked them, they protested for 2 days, and then almost everyone went back to business as usual.