It is not clear companies like Uber have any economies of scale or lower costs. Hubert Horan made this claim in a (very long) series of articles starting in 20

It is not clear companies like Uber have any economies of scale or lower costs. Hubert Horan made this claim in a (very long) series of articles starting in 2016. He based these claims on the history of the taxi business. https://horanaviation.com/publications-uber https://horanaviation.com/publications-uber It agrees with my biases so I think he's right.