Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by FT_intern on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:23PM
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what economies of scale does ride sharing have?
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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by linkregister on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:49PM
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The same economy of scale that keeps people using Facebook despite constant privacy issues and bad press: the network effect.
That said, Facebook has a much larger network effect than Uber. The friction to create a profile and attend an driver orientation on a competing ride broker network is much smaller than telling your everyone on your Facebook friends list you're moving to Diaspora.