How do scooters solve any of these problems? Do you not have to park scooters? Do they not suck in the rain? Do they not need some surface to ride on?
That's it. That's the killer feature.
With the scooters, you just have to find a different scooter and continue about your business.
Except that the scooter companies can't figure this out either and are moving to a monthly rental to put the burden back on you.
> In April, it announced the launch of a more traditional rental program in San Francisco and Barcelona, in which users could pay $25 per month to rent a Xiaomi m365 from the company rather than paying per ride.
The gig economy is about externalizing all the costs, ya'know.
Honestly, I think scooter companies should be fined for any scooters left in a place that causes problems. It's essentially litter, so it should be treated as such. Scooter companies should be providing some means of locking them up securely and expect their users to use them.
Edit: Not voicing approval for this practice but that’s how it seems to work in my city at least.