It is.
And thanks for giving me an excuse to vent!
I hate these things, for so many reasons.
There's so many of them!
They are so new that we don't have any rules and regulations for them, resulting in:

• people driving very fast on the sidewalk
• people dumping them anywhere (specifically, in the middle of the bike lane) as soon as they're done - because "I don't own it so I don't care"
• kids wasting their allowances (they're not cheap you know)
• even more digital/mobile surveillance (impossible to use without a mobile device with GPS)

There's also a new job description for people picking them up from remote locations, charging them with their own private electricity, and bringing them to more central locations. I saw a news item about it, it pays way below minimum wage. IIRC, 4€/h if you have your own truck. And oh the irony, they speak out against modern slavery. :facepalm:

And whatever happened to owning a bike? It's not hard, but so many basic everyday skills are simply dying out.

Rant over.