Re:Uber S-1
by freewilly1040 on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:32PM
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People vastly underestimate the work it takes to build Lyft/Uber because it's simple to use.
They would need someone to do all the legal/compliance work, validate drivers, handle marketing, handle payments, detect and combat fraud, resolve disputes, and the million other things you don't think about when you use the service.
It would be incredibly cool if each of these pieces could be subscribed to as a service. Especially if there was a way to expose your business surface area, domain knowledge, etc. in a way that it could "seamlessly" plug in.
Re:Uber S-1
by hannasanarion on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:58PM
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People who like low prices might not like it, because the main reason Uber, Lyft, etc are cheap is that they use VC money to subsidize rides.
Re:Uber S-1
by brianberns on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:46PM
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I think it would make more sense for them to unionize, rather than recreate the entire platform from scratch.l
What I don’t understand with the gig economy is why the gig workers organize and cut out the platforms.
Do the drivers need uber/Lyft? Do renters need Airbnb? Let these companies take on VC build the tech platform, launch, verify the market...then fuck them, leave them holding their own bag while the workers ride off in the sunset.
Besides the Founders and VCs, who wouldn’t love to wake up tomorrow morning and read about all the uber drivers organizing, launching their own platform and getting equity?