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I’m often using UberPool. Some drivers use Uber to carpool.

Some drivers use Uber to carpool.

How can they do that? Does the driver app allow you to set your own destination and exclude riders not going the same way?

Yes, though there's a daily limit to the number of destinations you can target (around 2 a day?)

Then we should only call UberPool ride sharing. UberX really just boils down to an app-based taxi service.

It's because of all those startups like Airbnb pushing the "sharing economy" when it's really the renting economy. It's not sharing if they're charging you for it.

I always took it as the driver was sharing their car (or "ride") with the passenger.