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> Uber's is "make transportation as reliable as running > water", but their goal is for people to give up their own > cars - which they can use any time, any
by tyre 10y ago
> Uber's is "make transportation as reliable as running
> water", but their goal is for people to give up their own
> cars - which they can use any time, any where, for zero
> marginal cost - to be at the mercy of Uber's service.
I'm not sure what car you're driving, but in my experience there is a significant marginal cost. I no longer own a car, exclusively using public transit + Lyft, because I don't want to deal with maintenance, paying for parking, gas, insurance, etc.
- nostrademons 10y agoMaintenance, insurance, etc. are largely fixed costs: you have to pay the same for them regardless of how much you use the car. (Pity for me, I've got an 8 year old car with < 30k miles on it.) Parking in the suburbs is subsidized by business owners & the city itself - you can usually park for free, and the price of it is reflected in land values. Gas is the only marginal cost for suburban driving, and I can basically guarantee that Uber costs more than gas does. The marginal cost of driving across Silicon Valley, in gas, is under a dollar.