1: we’ve been waiting for the masses to arrive for about 2 years now, there was a peak, then a significant fall off 2: there is a solution, and we talk about it all the time: simplify onboarding
I think you may just not be hanging around in the instance development and community servers if you’re not seeing these conversations
I think you’re forgetting Lemmy already has a pretty high barrier to entry tech wise, I think most of us will be fine.
Because as of Feb 2024, it still hasn’t rolled out to the US
And their availability page seems to correlate that.
Besides, even if it did, it would take years for it to become accessible to people not living in a big city. It took a long time for Lyft rides to even start showing up where I was in a mildly dense suburb. Ride share usage depends on supply, and if there’s no, or a low supply of bolt drivers, there’s going to be little to no usage from customers because “I need to go now, I’ll just get an Uber”
What?
Yeah these are real problems that need to be addressed, not issues to say “nuh uh” and bury our head in the sand to
Why am I betting bolt probably isn’t going to be a viable ride service option for americans
Careful guys someone didn’t get their cheerios this morning, he’s extra cranky
Hell yeah, plus, rednote is so much less toxic than American social media so far, have had maybe like 2 bad interactions my entire time there
Oh sure, but I mention I’m leaving work for the ice cream shop and suddenly we have to have a whole damn meeting about “respecting our deadlines”