• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    23 days ago

    Huh. The chinese rideshare mopeds have a little speaker that begs you to stop violating traffic law and ride safely, but the literally only dock your score for trying to destroy the bike or abandoning it blocking traffic. You can steal 1 moped for every 100 rides and still maintain a perfect score.

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      23 days ago

      Surely 100 rides would cost more than just getting your own scooter that didn’t have all the spyware built into it

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        23 days ago

        100 20 minute rides is 31USD. They also sell the mopeds, 250-500 USD. The rental ones are limited to 16 mph tho. The real convenience is that you can grab one almost anywhere and leave it nearly anywhere so it integrates really well with other modes of transit.

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        This one cool trick rideshare companies don’t want you to know.

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        Its a joke, the penalty for destroying or stealing one is -100, but you get +1 for every ride, and your score can go over 100. In reality the company probably calls the cops if you lock it in your garage and won’t give it back or something.