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Realistically, Uber faces major competition from Google and Apple, both who are investing heavily in self-driving cars and have easy access to loyal consumers.
by hashberry 10y ago
Realistically, Uber faces major competition from Google and Apple, both who are investing heavily in self-driving cars and have easy access to loyal consumers.
- up_and_up 10y ago> Google ... loyal consumers Name one physical consumer product that has garnered them loyal customers? Apple on the other hand...
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Name one physical consumer product that has garnered them loyal customers? Transportation is a service, not a physical consumer product. Google has plenty of consumer services (including some "meatspace" services, like Google Express) that have garnered them loyal customers. EDIT: But perhaps most relevantly to competing with or commoditizing Uber, Google has Google Maps, which not only has a huge user base, but already has a ridesharing button in it. Now, AFAIK, all that does right now is give an estimated Uber price and a link out to the Uber app -- but its a fairly trivial move for Google either to include their own autonomous car service (if they launch one) or other Uber competitors in that link, and either eat Uber's business directly or at least weaken Uber's moat.
- petra 10y agoyou're correct. Google maps has added new options to it's ridesharing:"New partners include 99Taxis in Brazil, Ola Cabs in India, Hailo in the U.K. and Spain, mytaxi in Germany and Spain and Gett in the U.K. They will sit alongside listings from Uber," Also, don't forget Google now surfacing a notification saying: "would you a half price shared taxi for your predicted route ? click to open Google maps" - sounds like a great way to form new habits for users.
- csours 10y agoNexus Phone users. I've re-upped for each of my phones after my first Nexus.
- untog 10y agoI'm a Nexus user too, but Nexus usage is a rounding error in overall Android figures.
- hashberry 10y agoDude... Chromebook. I love Chromebooks and have them all over my house. Better than a tablet, less expensive than a laptop.