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I might be sounding as taking Uber for overly cynical, but it really sounds like yet another way to kill all competitors. And if it is, I am wondering what will
by molyss 11y ago
I might be sounding as taking Uber for overly cynical, but it really sounds like yet another way to kill all competitors. And if it is, I am wondering what will happen when all competition is indeed killed. Will they keep burning money on it (as they do today on uberpool), or stop the whole program, andmake people chose between paying an uber or driving home wasted ?
I'd bet on the second case, in which case the reduction of DYI will only be temporary, followed to a potential increase compared to current rates (due to people drinking more becaus of this stunt). Am I paranoid ?
- genericuser 11y agoI thought something similar. In that I read this and immediately thought 'wow Uber came up with a way to cut into one of the Taxi systems cash cows even more' Now if they come up with something like cheaper rates when one end point of your trip is an airport they can take a cut of the other big one. It seems remarkably clever as an idea to hurt their competition, just enough evil to seem charming to me in this light.
- slayed0 11y agoThey already do that by providing flat rates to/from many major airports to their corresponding downtown zones.
- genericuser 11y agoAhhh well I never claimed to be clever or original. Unfortunately for me in Boston they have an 8.75 airport surcharge, and no sign of flat rates from my experience.
- copsarebastards 11y agoI'm not sure why a belief that a company is trying to beat its competition is cynical.