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Transportation as a service is coming.

That's fine but it needs to be more appealing than private ownership if it's going to succeed.

ATM I'm quite happy to pay more to have a nice personal form of transport.

Public transport is slow, dirty and inconvenient. Uber and taxis are only ever so slightly less so. Car sharing cars are not as nice to drive as the one I own.

It would be awesome if there was a good alternative, but having my data mined or being subjected to ads in my own vehicle will never happen while I'm paying.

It's already here. I know people who sold their cars and rely on Uber now. I also know people who never owned a car and take taxis everywhere. It's not new.

That works if you live in or near a city centre, but I live far outside the city and drive 25 minutes to work one way. Uber would be expensive compared to the cost of petrol and my already-low car payment. Even if you extrapolate out the cost of the car payment, petrol, and insurance, I'm still ahead.

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