Uber vending machines didn’t work, so now your ride is a moving billboard

In-car vending machines — as the snack boxes from companies like Cargo and Vendy were called — in your Uber or Lyft have either moved onto the next idea or stalled out.
Uber drivers with Cargo boxes filled with snacks, water, and other goods, like phone chargers, recently received an email that the vending machines were done.
The Cargo vending machines served as a bridge to full-blown mobile advertising.
SEE ALSO: Cars are the new hot spot for companies to sell you thingsThe vending machines were intended to be a secondary revenue stream boosting take-home pay.
As a Redditor posted in early 2019, “I have a feeling this will turn more into a ‘we sell advertising’ than a ‘we do products’ thing.”

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