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Offline Rat Catcher

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Tap a Taxi
« on: March 09, 2026, 11:10:46 am »
Rider app is in the Google Play store now.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2026, 06:57:23 pm »
Quote from: Rat Catcher on March 09, 2026, 11:10:46 am
Rider app is in the Google Play store now.
Can the rider order a woman of the female variety?
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Offline Dr. Martin Gooter Bling

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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2026, 07:32:32 pm »
it's an asian led thing.
they're callin it jap a taxi i believe.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2026, 09:35:54 pm »
Who runs it?
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2026, 05:02:57 am »
Bunch of hippies  :P --> https://aitra.ie/tap-a-taxi/

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Tap a Taxi isn’t just another ride-hailing app - it’s a movement built by drivers, for drivers, with passengers at its heart. As a co-operative, Tap a Taxi puts ownership back where it belongs: in the hands of the drivers who power the service every day. That means fairer fares, transparent pricing and decisions made locally, not by distant shareholders.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2026, 09:43:04 am »
Quote from: Rat Catcher on March 09, 2026, 11:10:46 am
Rider app is in the Google Play store now.
DL' d it yestetday on one phone, tried to today on another phone and seems to be gone from PS.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2026, 10:18:21 am »
Possibly an alpha version that wasn't intended for release. It's a nice app, plain and simple but there's no facility to add a card and they're penny pinching on use of the Places API with no predictions until you type 5 or 6 letters. It's a shame they went to Estonia for it, it's no more than a couple of weeks work for a competent coder. I hope they don't penny pinch with the driver app. Free Now is the one they want to copy (all code/APIs are open source so, bar logos and such like, there's nothing in it that's not free for anyone to use) assuming it's going to be based on Google APIs. Bolt is the penny pinching version built on the Maps APIs rather than the Navigation API.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2026, 11:19:54 am »
I done a rare evening shift up above in Dublin yesterday and got into a couple of conversations with clients about apps, neither instigated by me - one street hailer and one via a popular commercial rideshare platform. Both suggested they would support an Irish firm taking on the multinationals and both agreed that there's potentially a lot to be gained for a co-op doing the media rounds on slow news days to push the concept of taking on the mean and nasty multinationals in pursuit of a platform that is fair for all, drivers and riders. I know it's in our nature as Irishmen to maintain a conciliatory tone in small talk but it's nice to hear such sentiment regardless.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2026, 11:30:18 am »
Passengers likely don't care who owns the app as long as it's reliable.Drivers will be a lot more cautious about where they align with as previous apps that got success gave it away by scoring some own goals in the form of gamification with medals and stickers and priority systems.

Anything to do with Unions or the Kesh will be shot down by the drivers who don't work the Kesh.Maybe they'll have to get some work first and the city drivers will join afterwards.

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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2026, 11:40:19 am »
Getting as far as they have off the back of a couple of town halls is very impressive, IMO. As a rider I generally go for whichever app offers the lowest fare and the highest wage for the driver. Given that Hola never has any cars free that's generally Uber or Bolt. I guess most riders wouldn't know or care what the driver gets paid and, TBH, when I'm abroad I wouldn't know that or care so it just comes down to the lowest fare assuming no huge deviation in response times.

I don't know how unique I might be in not really caring about the quality of service once I get from A to B but if I do have a pet hate in that regard it would be the rideshare platforms sending a clapped out converted commercial vehicle when I don't need or request wheelchair accessibility or enhanced luggage space... although I wouldn't go to the extent of cancelling and ordering another car... but maybe that's an angle the co-op could look at i.e. adding a facility to request a saloon car specifically?
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2026, 11:55:07 am »
Giving customers choice always ends up in irritating and or alienating one group of drivers.

That's the sort of thing you do one you get drivers depending on the app.I think some customers probably choose the EV option as there are no EV WATs worth talking about.

Recently I've opted out of EV work on Uber as it's no longer first choice on the passenger app and I have a feeling it's offering me less regular work so the Uber app can have EV availability.As they don't pay any extra I'm not really bothered covering them.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2026, 12:01:08 pm »
I get that alright and, at the end of the day, the clapped out converted commercial vehicles are (rightly or wrongly) licensed to carry fares that would get a better quality of service from a vehicle manufactured to M1 passenger vehicle standards.

Anywaysanall, I should clarify the above by making it clear that Tap a Taxi will be my first (and hopefully only) port of call in Ireland when it's launched regardless of fare/driver wages... and I do think there are a lot of riders like me who will want to support the concept of a co-op... and I don't think that'll be restricted to those of us who do a bit ourselves. We're a nation of left wing socialists at heart!
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2026, 02:20:23 pm »
All live as of today. Those who haven't yet got on board, please do so, this has a real chance of sending one or two apps back to Trump's Lala land.
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2026, 03:46:56 pm »
Quote from: Rat Catcher on March 10, 2026, 12:01:08 pm
I get that alright and, at the end of the day, the clapped out converted commercial vehicles are (rightly or wrongly) licensed to carry fares that would get a better quality of service from a vehicle manufactured to M1 passenger vehicle standards.

Anywaysanall, I should clarify the above by making it clear that Tap a Taxi will be my first (and hopefully only) port of call in Ireland when it's launched regardless of fare/driver wages... and I do think there are a lot of riders like me who will want to support the concept of a co-op... and I don't think that'll be restricted to those of us who do a bit ourselves. We're a nation of left wing socialists at heart!
Always find it interesting. Connolly, Mickey D, Red Robbo, Mc Aleese (altered her perspective on gender issues) but never a left wing government. Are we like the Skibbereen Eagle, "just keeping an eye on things"?
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Re: Tap a Taxi
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2026, 03:56:10 pm »


We're a nation of moaners as well as left-wingers.  You have to make decisions in government so easier to sit outside the tent having a good moan!  It's also probably why we elect socialists to the Presidency and chancers to the Dail  :P
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