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> After all, every stakeholder in this vertical is an at-will participant, with no compulsion to stay if the economics do not work out That's not true. There a
by yipbub 7y ago
> After all, every stakeholder in this vertical is an at-will participant, with no compulsion to stay if the economics do not work out
That's not true. There are only 2 aggregators to choose from. Staying off one is not a feasible option for most.
> the government is baselessly capping their earnings.
They are not capping earning, they are capping percentage of fares. The cab driver puts in most of the cost.
> Encourage competitors and allow the free market to set prices and revenue shares. A vendor undercutting prices will get higher ridership
How? A company trying to enter this market would have a loong cash burn ahead of it with no certainty of a profit. Like social media, there's an inertia to users platform switching.
- ReptileMan 7y agoI don't know. With the Ubers you don't have the network effects as strongly. As long as the ride if safe, you will pick up the cheapest for given comfort level and be done with it. Cost of switching for the user is 0. And cost of switching for drivers is probably not high since any serfdom agreement for freelancers can be struck down as invalid.
- yipbub 7y agoWhat I mean is that it's very hard for any new company to compete. It's also a very bad bet for any VC to back them.