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Uber's new shuttle service sounds a lot like a bus route (qz.com)
submitted 5 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/technology
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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] 10 points 5 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.

[–] vegetal 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A bus goes between many points usually.

[–] vegetal 1 points 5 months ago

Interesting way of thinking of a bus route.