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I wonder if the Walmart strategy of destroying your competition by undercutting prices can work for Uber. Is the barrier to entry for an app-enabled personal t
by FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
I wonder if the Walmart strategy of destroying your competition by undercutting prices can work for Uber.
Is the barrier to entry for an app-enabled personal transportation service that high?Therr are also many substitutions for the service suxh as driving one's own car, carpooling, actual ridesharing via a platform, mass transit, biking, etc. There are already open source implementations of this and ride sharing.
I apologize if this sounds misinformed, but as tech advances and platforms such as these become more mature, could we not use some of the principles established by blockchain to create a rating system that is open/transparent so that drivers and passengers can just directly transact with each other?
Personally, I like Uber/Lyft's service but I dont find the price to be a. bargain. As it is, I primarily use it for transportation if there's is a chance that I may be drinking alcohol or when parking is going to close to thr cost of a ride
- dexterdog 10y ago> I wonder if the Walmart strategy of destroying your competition by undercutting prices can work for Uber. Big difference though because Walmart doesn't incur a massive loss to do that.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y agoThe individual stores may, but you are right the company as a whole doesn't.