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Re:Can Uber ever make money? by kevin_thibedeau on Friday April 26, 2019 @05:57PM (#19762120)
No. What happens is that roads keep becoming saturated until they are clogged with ride shares and the riders bail out when they realize they can walk faster. The equilibrium point creates complete havoc for everyone else and little productive work is actually done.
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Re:Can Uber ever make money? by zip1234 on Friday April 26, 2019 @10:34PM (#19763407)
The roads are already clogged with cars. Does it matter if they are ride shares or not?
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Re:Can Uber ever make money? by usrusr on Saturday April 27, 2019 @04:20AM (#19764489)
A saturated Uber-model ride share market is one where an empty car is seconds away whenever you need one. Idle ride shares matter a lot.
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Re:Can Uber ever make money? by kopos on Saturday April 27, 2019 @06:06AM (#19764792)
Or it could be a model where there is always a car with a ride share available.

I mean could it be the Uber Go model is the best win-win for the customers, Uber and the drivers?

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