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You're not being a free rider in this case because your results are being used by others too.

Presumably the chainring losses are roughly similar for every rider which is why no-one complains about them.

The project itself would not be a free-rider, because it would need to provide sufficient value to justify its cost.

Somewhat akin to the Dimension Data GPS trackers attached to the rider's seats, this year.

You're right that OSS is a great example of a free rider problem, but your cure is worse than the disease.

The incumbent has a massive advantage in driver/rider liquidity that is nearly impossible to overcome.

You're ignoring the pooling savings which come from being able to easily coordinate shared rides due to a huge installed rider base.

This suffers from the free-rider problem: you end up doing research for others.

Yes, obviously open source can be funded in a variety of ways, but supply falls short of demand due to the free-rider problem.

If that nitpick was a rider on a salient point, I doubt people would have downvoted.

The switching costs are very low for both the rider and driver.

A rider who arrives at a major climb with low lactate levels can remain above threshold for longer and sustain far higher power outputs.

(As a rider, I want there to be a healthy rider pool so I can do sharing.) Additionally, Uber doesn't have to jack up prices (with "monopoly pricing") to earn a healthy profit.

I particularly like the Knight Rider-like green thing that just goes back and forth across the top of the browser.

Sounds like something right out of Shockwave Rider...