> The fact they're losing money like this doesn't really mean anything because Uber isn't a normal business. Yeah, Uber is different because of its insane amou

> The fact they're losing money like this doesn't really mean anything because Uber isn't a normal business. Yeah, Uber is different because of its insane amount of investor money but losing money is still losing money; it can't go on forever. So saying it doesn't mean anything is a bit shortsighted in my opinion. > It's a place for absurdly wealthy people to park vast sums of cash on the bet that Uber will continue to gobble up marketshare from taxi companies, etc., until they're in a position to disrupt transit in general (and ride sharing services, too) with self-driving cars and who knows what else they'll come up with. Seems like an extremely risky bet to me. I'm unconvinced they'll be able to make any decent amounts of money in this service especially considering the majority of auto manufacturers are working on similar capabilities; they'll be able to drive the price down far below Uber ever could unless they start manufacturing their own vehicles.