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Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by unabridged on Friday September 16, 2016 @03:53PM (#12516806)
>Uber is a bad investment. There is no barrier to entry in ride sharing.

Uber's size is only a benefit for drawing in tourists from other cities, each market is a separate battleground and you only need to beat Uber in your local market. And what prevents some city from setting up its own government sanctioned/required ride sharing market & app.

Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by jonknee on Friday September 16, 2016 @04:30PM (#12517109)
> And what prevents some city from setting up its own government sanctioned/required ride sharing market & app.

That's essentially what taxis are and they are (in the US at least) almost universally awful.