It's a fantasy to think Uber is a "platform." It's a relatively simple app that anyone could copy and several have. Uber has no proprietary technology, no netw

It's a fantasy to think Uber is a "platform." It's a relatively simple app that anyone could copy and several have. Uber has no proprietary technology, no network effect, and no route to profitability. Is Silicon Valley so enamored of ordering cabs by pressing buttons rather than speaking into a phone that they really believe this company has value? It's nuts.