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Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by samfisher83 on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:14PM (#13437960)
Bing might be 90% as good as google, but when people are trying to search for something they are just going to use google. I really started to realize how useful Uber was when i was traveling internationally I just pulled out my phone and a car came. I didn't have to worry about what the rate was going to be. It might have even been above what a taxi might charge, but at least I knew what the cost was going to be. It just kind of works.
Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by CoffeeDregs on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:17PM (#13437994)
I'm not sure how usefulness-when-traveling-internationally is relevant when the vast majority of the market for Uber, Lyft, etc will never board a plane more than a handful of times in their lives...

EDIT: typo ("irrelevant" -> "relevant")

Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by Ben-G on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:30PM (#13438138)
I touched on this point in the post. If there's a significantly cheaper local competitor, most people will be happy to use that service when they're home. Then they'll use Uber (or some other globally operating competitor) while they travel.
Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by kuschku on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:03PM (#13439865)
Especially if Dobrindts "A single app to book all taxis, carsharing companies, car rentals, train or bus tickets, in all of Germany" takes off.