okfine
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I wonder if these messes have been recycled yet.
The Shared bike boom didn't pan out. What a waste.
Who cares say the Share Bike companies. It's all about collecting geo-data.
"Not surprisingly, the biggest backers of bike sharing in China today are those with a strong interest in geolocation data of potential customers. Alibaba (generally well-known in the US) is a financial backer of OFO. Mobike is backed by Tencent (not to be confused with rapper 50 Cent)—less known in the US, yet simultaneously ranking among the world’s top video game companies, social media companies, and venture capital firms"
"Ultimately, dockless bike sharing has become a service that trades disposable bike availability and clean-up costs for georeferenced data about who you are and where you go. This data can be used internally to promote local products and services to you by the world’s largest big-data aggregation companies"
China's huge bicycle graveyards and why they matter - Flatbike
Imagine millions of new bikes sent to junkyards every year. It happens in China. And if we follow this bike-sharing trend, we're next.
flatbike.com
China Is Still Sorting Through Its Colorful Bike-Share Graveyards
Remember that “Bike-Share Oversupply in China” photo story from March? There were just so many bikes, Chinese cities are still dealing with massive bicycle graveyards.
www.theatlantic.com
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