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Isn't being more expensive part of the problem? I think one of the main things that is "better" about Uber is how comparatively cheap it is. I know a couple of
by microcolonel 9y ago
Isn't being more expensive part of the problem? I think one of the main things that is "better" about Uber is how comparatively cheap it is. I know a couple of people who make enough money not to really care what they spend day-to-day, but I suspect that for most people that few dollars per fare is the difference between viable and unacceptable.
- pixl97 9y ago>Isn't being more expensive part of the problem? It is a big part of the problem when Uber is using VC money to subsidize part of the trip and when Uber isn't following safety/training/insurance regulations. People are funny about that. They will bitch and moan about how expensive something is, but the second something goes wrong they want more safety features and regulation, in spite of the cost increase it will bring.
- nyxtom 9y agoThis ^^^^ Uber operates at a loss which is based on a grandiose vision of the future. It's their only way to undercut competition.
- ghaff 9y agoWhich will last as long as the VC subsidies do--i.e. probably not much longer. I suspect that a lot of people who have grown accustomed to the sort of low fares that losing billions of dollars make possible are in for a surprise when prices rise up to be more in line with cabs again.