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Bird is laying off 23% of staff
- midislack 4y agoOh thank heavens, those scooter share / data collection services are ass.
- rvz 4y agoMore unprofitable companies living off of free money are now finally deflating. Really not a surprise at all quite frankly and as expected.
- thrtythreeforty 4y agoI'm still patiently waiting for a bulk scooter sale "event" (be it sell-off or impounding) so I can grab one to make a personal scooter: https://hackaday.com/2018/12/07/liberating-birds-for-a-cheap-electric-scooter/ https://hackaday.com/2018/12/07/liberating-birds-for-a-cheap...
- jussivee 4y agoThe whole 'micromobility' market has become too saturated. This was just a matter of time.
- invalidname 4y agoIt hasn't started... They are all losing so much money with absolutely no way of making money back. It's insane.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y agoIt has to look good on paper though. I don't know the cost of maintenance of these scooters, but the rides are terribly expensive in my area. I mean If I wanted to commute using these, I'd have to pay almost $10 one way (one more reason to prefer cycling!). This is probably a fraction of the cost of energy. On the other hand, I'd hate to be servicing these.
- invalidname 4y agoThe service and fines that they get are a huge cost. And as you said, once pricing goes up people won't ride them as much. It becomes serious overhead.
- jussivee 4y agoIt's expensive in my area as well. The big problem is people dumb these things all over the place - on bicycle lanes etc. I guess these companies also have to spend quite a few dollars on PR and stuff to make people hate them less.
- Nextgrid 4y agoFrom the company founders' perspective it was never meant to make money, merely generate "growth & engagement" and the prospect of a monopoly in order to solicit VC funding. For this task it worked perfectly, at least at the beginning. Thankfully the "growth & engagement" cesspool is finally draining and this is the expected result.
- Nkosithi_Mnisi 4y ago[dead]