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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by dragonwriter on Friday March 03, 2017 @05:11PM (#13787300)
> Uber isn't a monopoly.

Like every startup (and most companies), it aims to be; a moat is pricing power is an absence of substitute is monopoly.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by danielweber on Friday March 03, 2017 @05:29PM (#13787450)
Sure, they want to be a monopoly. But they're not.

Seriously, how do they get lock-in of riders or drivers? Installing a second app is a really really low bar. You can't do predatory pricing forever.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by TeMPOraL on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:04PM (#13787722)
They don't have to. Drivers are dime a dozen for them.
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