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As I just mentioned in a peer comment though, did the strategy succeed? It's still as easy as it ever was to find a public taxi in big cities, and Uber never r
by benjaminwootton 3y ago
As I just mentioned in a peer comment though, did the strategy succeed? It's still as easy as it ever was to find a public taxi in big cities, and Uber never really got a choke hold in the second cities that I'm familiar with. There are also a bunch of competitors waiting in the wings. Brand loyalty and switching costs between all of these are low.
- treis 3y agoA duopoly isn't much better in practice than a monopoly.
- capableweb 3y agoI'm not sure there has been any bigger research done about it, but there are a few anecdotes in this submission about it. Here is one comment as an example: > at least here in India, Uber's service has become downright hostile. Drivers will cancel if the destination isn't to their liking. [...] The worst part is that they've driven out all the existing private cab operators from many airports through their earlier aggressive pricing. So now you literally have no option but to take an Uber from some airports [...] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36955957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36955957