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This logistical breakdown is now the norm, not the exception. Let’s do the math a savvy rider did last week in Chicago.
Whether "Savvy" is a specific new player in the gig economy or a nickname for the supposedly "smart" consumer who is now getting ripped off, the sentiment is universal. Ridesharing, for the first time in a decade, officially sucks. savvy suxx ridesharing
The only truly "savvy" move right now is diversification. Keep the app for emergencies. But buy a transit card. Save a local cab company's phone number. And buy an umbrella (walking is free). This logistical breakdown is now the norm, not the exception
In the golden age of ridesharing—roughly 2014 to 2019—we were promised a utopia. Tap a button, see a car in three minutes, pay half the price of a taxi. The "savvy" traveler was king. We knew how to surge surf, how to compare Lyft vs. Uber in real-time, and how to game the system for free upgrades. Ridesharing, for the first time in a decade,
Note: The phrase “savvy suxx” appears to be a specific brand, username, or colloquial critique (slang for “savvy sucks”). This article interprets “Savvy” as a hypothetical or niche ridesharing app/service and analyzes why a “savvy” user might find the current ridesharing market frustrating. Is convenience dead? A deep dive into the collapse of rider satisfaction and the rise of the "anti-Uber" traveler.
Today, the algorithms have caught up. The era of has evolved into predatory personalization.