And I thought we were done with the laundry
(forgetting about eDaixi for some reason)
Now we read at the Financial Times:
Electrolux gives ‘Uber for laundry’ idea a spin
Swedish appliance maker tests concept of sharing washing machines
Electrolux, the Swedish appliance maker, is exploring starting an “Uber for laundry” in which consumers would use their own washing machines to wash other people’s clothes.Well yeah, there is that.
Jonas Samuelson, the new chief executive of the world’s second-biggest white goods manufacturer, told the Financial Times that Electrolux was trying to overcome big hurdles to make the project work.
“We have a few fun ideas we are testing, like: how about a laundry Uber, where people share their unused laundry time? But there are enormous complexities such as what happens if the clothes come out and are ruined?” Mr Samuelson added.....MORE
And as for the FT, at least I felt a twinge when I used the "folded" line in the original intro and tried to deflect with a self-deprecating "see what I did there?"
I detect no such shame/remorse/whatev from the pink'un for giving the "‘Uber for laundry’ idea a spin".
As for eDaixi, despite having done a Baidu/Tencent-led $100 mil. B round when we last visited in 2015, for some reason they raised $14 million last week.
But at least they're still alive.
And in case Electrolux has forgotten, the "Uber for ____" formulation is so two years ago:
There’s an Uber for kids,
And an Uber for maids,
There’s an Uber for hair
So you can Uber your braids.There’s Uber for bikes,
And an Uber for gifting,
There’s an Uber for beauty,
If your face needs a lifting.There’s Uber for house painting,
And Uber for car towing,
There’s Uber for clothes washing,
And Uber for lawn mowing.
...MORE (Quartz)