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I think someone in Uber has some dream of creating a system where drivers are constantly kept busy and completing jobs (small deliveries, driving people, food d
by crazypyro 12y ago
I think someone in Uber has some dream of creating a system where drivers are constantly kept busy and completing jobs (small deliveries, driving people, food deliveries) in an efficient, algorithmic flow that keeps downtime at a minimum, while drivers earn money and Uber earns even more money.
- edgyswingset 12y agoSounds like it'll only ever be a dream. Assuming they can keep sabotaging their way towards market dominance, eventually they'll reach a point where they have to deal with humans directly - and with humans you get problems you can't solve technically. They will either have to dedicate people to strictly or mostly food delivery, or offer an annoying service where your driver has to make a detour so he or she can pick up a hamburger for someone else.
- crazypyro 12y agoYou call it an annoying service, they call it UberEconomy! (In all seriousness, I think there could be a market for almost all of their ideas. The problem is the need for seamless integration and management of human assets that have little allegiance, combined with small, test markets, makes it hard to predict what services will take off and what will flounder)