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Re:Uber’s Colossal I.P.O. Flop May Be the Worst Ever on Wall... by dandare on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:57PM (#19903884)
What is Uber's competitive advantage anyway? Subsidizing rides with Saudi money? The mobile app is pretty simple and competitors are popping up wherever you look. There is almost no cost to switch for the end user and all the taxi companies will end up competing on price. I don't get it.
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Re:Uber’s Colossal I.P.O. Flop May Be the Worst Ever on Wall... by shamino on Monday May 13, 2019 @05:04PM (#19903943)
Eh, kind of a naive view. There's a moat in all the data Uber's collected, and analytics it's performed. Not to mention R&D into things like automatous driving, etc...
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Re:Uber’s Colossal I.P.O. Flop May Be the Worst Ever on Wall... by dvfjsdhgfv on Monday May 13, 2019 @05:18PM (#19904069)
The data you mention would be valuable for someone who figures out how to use it to actually make profit. Until now, Uber hasn't.
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