Seems like it wouldn’t be insurmountable to make an ebay style app to compete.

Contract a law firm for setup

Drivers/Riders indemnify the service

Lord knows there are plenty of services to verify ID now a days.

Programatic driver paid yearly background check Programatic driver paid VIN check

Drivers post their own pictures/profiles. Riders post reviews.

Require in-car video recording.

Riders can blacklist drivers Drivers can blacklist riders.

Drivers set their service area

Since it doesn’t cost jack shit to do the backend, the fees will mainly go to pay minimal operations, insurance and legal coverage and don’t need to scale with the distance.

There’s no reason that most of the fee structure can’t go to the driver, eliminating the need for tipping.