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Re:The Uber Bombshell About to Drop by kbenson on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:14PM (#13862976)
> To be fair, the new apps do suffer with reliability issues in periods of high loads

This is where someone should come in and offer business software that is easily branded to handle the technical aspect of the business, and just sell it to the new entrants. This is a great market for shovels.

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Re:The Uber Bombshell About to Drop by WorldMaker on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @12:13PM (#13868765)
Plus, the software has easy existing customer bases in pre-existing cab companies looking to modernize ancient dispatch systems. Uber/Lyft argue that market disintermediation and union breaking are a feature, but in most metropolitans it certainly seems like a bug.
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