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Are DoorDash, Uber Eats and the like really any better ?

• WeylandYutani 3y ago
  Those companies are currently locked into a fight over the American market. That's why they aren't making a profit over there: the US is still a battlefield and the war is worth spending billions. Americans are lazy and eat lots of fastfood after all. Eventually a shake out will happen and whoever is left standing can start making lots of money.
  • dotcoma 3y ago
    Not so sure about the lots of money. Will Uber make lots of money? I doubt it.
    • wcfields 3y ago
      ModernMBA has a video [1] that hypothesizes that food delivery in general will never be a profitable business. I'd say that it's pretty apt, that it's all running on VC money for market share. There's a reason that before mobile devices the only restaurants that offered delivery were pizza & Chinese. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlZ51zeabhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlZ51zeabhM
      • dotcoma 3y ago
        Nice video, thanks, and terrible business. Why did pizza places and Chinese food places offer delivery, in your opinion?