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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by SomeOldThrow on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:18PM (#19944497)
> They seem to “get” how things should work.

What makes you say that?

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by jquery on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:19PM (#19945196)
They’re like Uber for Freight?

They even have a website that’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to this: https://www.uberfreight.com/

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by FTA on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:40PM (#19945260)
That website actually looks to be run by Uber, not Flexport.
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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by jypepin on Saturday May 18, 2019 @07:23AM (#19946816)
Uber Freight, is... Uber, not Flexport.
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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by SomeOldThrow on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:25PM (#19945401)
What part of uber do you perceive they emulate? Why isn’t amazon just buying Uber if it’s so desirable?
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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by jquery on Saturday May 18, 2019 @01:04AM (#19945768)
I was talking about Flexport, not Amazon.
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