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Uber's new shuttle service sounds a lot like a bus route (qz.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Those Silicon Valley geniuses have done it again!

Next week- "it's like the subway, but with AI!"

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

For me it's the marketing that makes me roll my eyes. Shuttle instead of bus when in the United States. (Curiously, in other countries it's called bus by Uber.)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The only time I hear shuttle used is for a thing that transports between two locations specifically. A "shuttle" from the airport to a hotel or whatever, for example. This seems to match the definition of shuttle also, so I think it's correct. It has nothing to do with marketing, rather actually using the proper term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not to add a wrinkle but a bus also goes between two points.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A bus goes between many points usually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Interesting way of thinking of a bus route.