You are correct: that's pretty much exactly how Lyft started: "oh, this is just ridesharing [1]", it's "just trips to places the driver would go anyway", and for which "you can choose to give them a nominal amount" to cover gas, totally optional (though they'll rate you poorly).
They've since dropped the pretense but a lot of the trappings remain.
Edit: Don't mean to sound like I'm "hatin' on" Lyft, just amused at the dance they have to go through to fend off busybodies.
[1] a term they still use against protest from journalists, and TBH, reasonable people
They've since dropped the pretense but a lot of the trappings remain.
Edit: Don't mean to sound like I'm "hatin' on" Lyft, just amused at the dance they have to go through to fend off busybodies.
[1] a term they still use against protest from journalists, and TBH, reasonable people