News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Worthless’. Parent comment

Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by conanbatt on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:15PM (#21029651)
A billion rides a day in almost every single country in the world.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by favorited on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:25PM (#21029771)
And losing money with every one of them!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by buboard on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:20PM (#21029716)
I dont think uber is very useful outside the US
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by ellyagg on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:27PM (#21029793)
My wife's family lives in a slum in Caloocan City in the Philippines. When we stayed with them for a visit, it was amazing that I could just pull up my Uber app and get a ride to BGC, which took 1 1/2 hours. There is no other way I could have pulled this off otherwise. It was also amazing it only cost $8.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by daveed on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:25PM (#21029767)
I mean, it's been very useful while travelling in countries where taxi drivers rip you off after the ride, and I don't speak the local language.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by conanbatt on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:23PM (#21029746)
Only HN's can think their opinion is worth more than millions of people spending and earning money in more than 50 countries.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by buboard on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:45PM (#21029939)
Uber has little traction in Europe for example. It seems to be a huge deal in the US though

https://www.forbes.com/sites/samshead/2019/05/10/ubers-rocky...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Oracle’s Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Wort... by conanbatt on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:30PM (#21032647)
Uber has significant traction in Europe, thats why they got banned from several places, and Taxi cabs drivers have attacked people and set cars and places on fire.

Nevertheless globally it triumphed.

[ Parent | on HN ]