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...and actually showed up when you called them ...and refund your money when the driver is a schmuck, no questions asked ...and provided cleaner, more modern ca
by asah 9y ago
...and actually showed up when you called them
...and refund your money when the driver is a schmuck, no questions asked
...and provided cleaner, more modern cars than typical taxis
...and dealt with gnarly details in GPS
...and provided smarter, better conversationalists than typical taxi drivers
...and worked in multiple cities with one app
...and support multiple payment
...and let businesses handle complex expensing
...and and and
- jeremyjh 9y agoAnd sold dollars for $.75.
- dingo_bat 9y agoI wonder if suddenly uber raised its prices around the world to a level it would break even, would enough people still use it?
- moduspol 9y agoIf it can't break even on a 25% cut of every ride, someone else will be able to. It's a glorified SaaS app, and they have similarly priced competition in many markets. This idea that the price is unsustainable is just wishful thinking by opponents.
- ggg9990 9y agoSure. Even if the volume dropped 50% Uber could just fire half their staff. There is no way that Uber couldn’t find some volume level to play at.
- tmh79 9y agoif uber fired their lawyers and compliance staff, I bet they'd be profitable lol
- collyw 9y agoThey probably wouldn't exist.