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Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by neumann on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:11PM (#16278744)
Oh god yes.

I live near a small creek in central melbourne. My morning commute passes usually 3-4 newly trashed O-bikes that have been ghostied into the creek, or recently fished out by a neighbour.

I recently spotted a guy with a super nice camera stalking the riverbank and jokingly asked him if he was O-bike spotting. He replied that he was, I pointed him to two submerged on the other bank and he said he was making an arts film about O-Bikes coming to life and joining together like voltron. The company had even promised to donate some trashed O-Bikes to him. At this point, I wonder what their business model is.

Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by flukus on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:18AM (#16279769)
> At this point, I wonder what their business model is.

Same as silicon valley, keep growing to attract more and more venture capital, worry about profitability later.

Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by PhasmaFelis on Thursday February 01, 2018 @09:45PM (#16287979)
Step 1: Build user base. Step 3: Profit.