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[โ€“] RomenNarmo@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My understanding is that Uber basically lifted the idea from queer people.

That doesn't make sense as it seems Homobiles was first "thought of" in 2010 and properly founded in 2011. While Uber was founded in 2009 and was already operational in 2010.

[โ€“] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 months ago

I got it from "the cold start problem" , so it's possible the author was mistaken or I mangled the details.