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[–] aria_taint 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I can see that going bad really fast....

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[–] goatboy [S] ago 

How?

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[–] aria_taint 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Really? So, you're going to just go to an open source app and ring up a car and trust that the person picking you up is legit? Come on. Just go stand on the side of a road with your thumb out and hope the person picking you up isn't a psychopath. This idea is the digital form of hitch hiking.

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[–] 22jam22 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Lots of legal issues most likely. Inaurance probably crazy. And i got denied an uber driving job because of a pending misdeamanor assult which is total bullshit but might actualy go to trial. When i im going to apply for lyft then email fucktards at uber. Its insane zero criminal record before this bs, and im treated as a criminal before being convicted. Fine hire me, if i lose fire me. I would be one of the higest qualified uber drivers in america. Degree no driving record issues clean as a whistle. Such utter bullshit.

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[–] SonOfRobin ago 

Any service that wants to get to a certain size has to contend with lawsuits. Most lawsuits will either be for loss of data(hacking), improper usage, or fraud. So the app will have to try and minimize those possibilities.

  1. That's why identity verification is always pushed(need your own database or other verification service).
  2. Background checks for drivers(how do you do this properly.)
  3. Proven PCI compliance for payment or alternate payment system that gets regular checks.
  4. Encryption for all data and separation of payment, personal, and company data.
  5. Are logs required by law? Who has access to them? What is accessible?
  6. What happens when a driver goes off the rails(rape, robbery, kidnapping, murder)?
  7. Driver rating? Uber almost requires everyone to have 5 stars. What's your rating system? What's acceptable? How does a person get better?
  8. Customer rating? Possible too?
  9. Tips?
  10. Tax forms per state, region, country for drivers/companies?
  11. How do you deal with a group of drivers(yellow cab)?

Do you need all of this? No but it helps and gives confidence in the app to the end user.

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[–] goatboy [S] ago 

I'm not talking about a service or a corporation. It would just be a clearinghouse website or tool that connected potential customers with people willing to offer a service and a rating system for users to record their experience with a driver. Fees and negotiation would between the driver and rider.

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[–] SonOfRobin ago  (edited ago)

But that would be how it would have to work. A random app on a website won't be trusted unless something/someone backs it up. Opensource only goes so far. You can create the "base" app but no one will use it unless a company/foundation comes along to promote it and show its "safe" use with whatever product/service. Even then you're most likely linking your software with someone else's because some group backs it. Google, bing, open source maps, or roll your own? Payment system CC systems, cryptocoins, cash, or roll your own? Database = mono, mysql, PostgreSQL, Mssql, oracle, bitcoin, access, or roll your own?

If it's just "hey ride and rating" then yelp, yellow pages, google+, craigslist, and facebook could do this with some modification. The point of an app is to make easy/convenient for people. I already have a phone so I could call yellow cab to pick me up and look them up via yelp.

  1. Any app/webiste will need a login(to verify its not a spammer and legitimacy) for the buyer(database).
  2. Who then request trip from point a to b(location services).
  3. This alerts all nearby sellers(location services) who then bid(time to pickup and cost?).
  4. Buyer reviews the seller(rating plus other items that confirm legitimacy).
  5. The the buyer accepts a bid(monetary cost) which then alerts the nearby seller to pick you up(location services).
  6. Buyer meets seller and initial transaction takes place(you look ok I'll take you to the location as long as you pay me this way).
  7. Seller meets their portion of the agreement.
  8. Buyer needs to pay seller for services/goods received(monetary transaction).
  9. Once that's accomplished then the buyer can rate the seller(rating system).

The easier you make it the more likely someone will use it. Amazon is famous for making stuff easy. Microsoft and Apple started by making things easier then their competitors.