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Hubert Horan has done an amazing teardown with his series, "Can Uber Ever Deliver?" But you don't need to be a transportation logistics expert (as he is) to see
by mimixco 7y ago
Hubert Horan has done an amazing teardown with his series, "Can Uber Ever Deliver?" But you don't need to be a transportation logistics expert (as he is) to see that there are no national or even regional cab companies. The reason is that, after a certain size, the business simply doesn't scale.
- SilasX 7y agoArguably, smartphones, apps, and usage of the drivers' own cars have together reduced the administration costs, and thus raised the scale at which a provider can profitably operate. That interplay of factors hasn't been around for 100 years. Although I've often speculated if you could have had an Uber-like service in the 80s, where you register with your credit card on file, and then call a number with a location to get an estimate pickup, and then they page a driver to get you, perhaps with an authentication code.