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Re:Uber S-1 by empath75 on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:53PM (#19639643)
What moat? All the driver needs to do is load another app on their phone.
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Re:Uber S-1 by panarky on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:15PM (#19640273)
What moat? All the user has to do is change the search engine to Bing from Google.
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Re:Uber S-1 by dannyr on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:01PM (#19640552)
Yet not many people switch to Bing but so many drivers drive for both Uber and Lyft and riders who easily take whichever is cheaper between Uber and Lyft.
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Re:Uber S-1 by wbl on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:14PM (#19640646)
That's right: Google has to constantly be better then Bing or else lose searches. Remember Ask Jeves?
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